Barrick holds strong in Tanzania
Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) North Mara mine in Tanzania has had its share of problems.
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Chilean copper producer buys controlling stake in Explorator Chile
Vancouver – Explorator Resources (EXO-V) is selling a 51% stake in its Chilean subsidiary, Explorator Chile, to int…
Anvil rises on new mining contracts in DRC
Vancouver – The biggest copper producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has finalized mining contract r…
U308 Corp. reports initial uranium resource in Guyana
Canadian uranium explorer U308 Corp. (UWE-V) believes Guyana’s Roraima Basin may one day play a significant ro…
BacTech buys interest in PNG deposits
BacTech Mining (BM-V) is in the process of buying a 33% interest in two gold deposits in Papua New Guinea from Yama…
Not so much African Copper
African Copper (ACU-T, ACU-L) is closing the doors on its Mowana mine in Botswana.
Centamin to raise at least $60M
Vancouver – The Pharaohs would be envious. Centamin Egypt (CEE-T, CEY-L) is raising $60 million for its 9 mil…
Positive pre-feasibility for Golden Band’s La Ronge
Vancouver – Golden Band Resources (GBN-V) has taken another step towards production with a positive pre-feasib…
Bank of Canada drops overnight rate to 1%
The Bank of Canada today lowered its overnight rate target by half a percentage point to an all-time record low of …
GFMS: gold’s long-term fundamentals still strong
Probably the most encouraging news for miners in mid-January came out of GFMS’s newly tabled supply and demand stat…
Botswana returning copper-silver hits for Hana Mining
Vancouver – New results from the Ghanzi copper-silver project in Botswana show promising grades for owner Hana Mini…
Rusoro extends deadline for Gold Reserve offer
Less than 3% of Gold Reserve’s (GRZ-T) shares have been tendered so far in Rusoro Mining’s (RML-V) hostile takeover…