VANCOUVER–The Carmacks copper project in the Yukon looked primed for development, with owner Western Copper (WRN-T) awaiting just one permit. But now that permit has been denied, after the territoria…
Just 18 months after drilling their first hole, joint-venture partners Minas Buenaventura (BVN-N) and Gold Fields (GFI-Q , GFI-J, GFI-D) have discovered a major gold-copper- silver deposit of 5.6 mill…
Chinese companies have been buying mineral assets or joint-venturing with resource companies wherever they can find them. The financial crisis only accelerated the trend as distressed companies looked…
Growing concern that efforts to lower public sector deficits could impede global growth caused the world’s major stock markets to lose much of their mid-week gains during the May 11-17 trading period …
The May 11-17 period started off strong for the S&P/TSX Venture composite index, but two days of gains were easily erased by three days of losses that left the board down 57.91 points at 1,554.67….
U.S. equity markets took a bit of a beating in the May 11-17 reporting period with the Dow Jones industrial average index losing 1.14% or 122.43 points to close at 10,625.83 points, and the S&P 50…
You could say Philippine Metals (PHI-V) has Bre-X Minerals to thank for its good fortune.The chill in mining exploration that swept Southeast Asia in the aftermath of the Bre-X scandal shuttered the offices of many majors active in the…
Recently, five Canadian coal juniors have acquired coal properties in the United States or are ramping up development work there.
SANTIAGO, CHILE — It was no surprise that they wanted him but few expected him to accept. Especially given the huge paycut he will have to take.On April 20, Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco announced that its board of directors had…
VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) has signed a gold-stream agreement with Franco- Nevada (FNV-T) that will help finance the development of the junior’s Prosperity gold-copper project near Willi…
Within hours of taking the helm of Costa Rica as president-elect on May 8, President Laura Chinchilla reportedly signed an extension of a moratorium on new gold mining projects that her predecessor, O…
Papua New Guinea-focused Lihir Gold (LGG-T, LGL-A, LIHR-Q) has agreed to be acquired by Newcrest Mining (NCM-A), which has projects in Australia, in a deal that values the former at A$9.5 billion.
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