Riotous strike in Zambia shuts down coal production
Zambia’s largest coal mine was shut down as striking miners turned riotous on Wednesday.African news agencies rep…
2006
U.S. Gold stalled in takeover bids (June 06, 2006)
U.S. Gold (USGL-O) has withdrawn its takeover offer for White Knight Resources (WKR-V) in response to an opinion fr…
Editorial: Race to the Finnish (June 06, 2006)
The geopolitical whirlwinds now buffeting North American miners in the Third World are only underscoring the hard t…
First Majestic and First Silver to merge Mexican assets
Vancouver The recent completion of a $28-million financing has set the stage for First Majestic Resource (FR-V, F…
Southwestern to spin out Zincore Metals
Vancouver After reviewing various options to maximize the value of its zinc assets, Southwestern Resources (SWG-T…
Chariot pulls 92 metres of 2.27% copper from Marcona
Vancouver – The latest holes drilled by Chariot Resources (CHD-T) have returned positive results from two zones th…
Short Position Report (June 05, 2006)
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Areva takes gold assets public in RTO
French nuclear fuel company Areva (ARVCF-O) has agreed to a reverse-takeover of Venture-listed La Mancha Resources …
Silver Standard expands zone at Pitarrilla (June 05, 2006)
Vancouver – The first deep hole drilled to test the Breccia Ridge zone has intersected silver mineralization with …
Lake Shore studies Timmins West, Vogel
As part of its prefeasibility study on the Timmins West gold project, Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSGGF-O) plans to do underground exploration on both Timmins West and the Vogel-Schumacher project….
Yellowhead to drill Harper Creek
Vancouver — Along with a proposed financing to raise up to $10 million and become a publicly traded company later this year, Yellowhead Mining is planning a spring exploration program at its newly ac…
Kansanshi gets sweeter
Production from the Kansanshi copper mine in the North-Western province of Zambia has come along just in time for First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQVLF-O), which posted net earnings of US$54.8 million (…