Congo’s election offers signs of hope
Voting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) first election in some 40 years went off peacefully at le…
Africa
Dominion hangs on high U price (July 28, 2006)
A uranium mine at SXR Uranium One’s (SXR-T, SXR-J) Dominion project near Klerksdorp, South Africa, would be very se…
Moto finds more high-grades in the DRC
Moto Goldmines (MGL-T,MOE-A,MOE-L) has released more impressive intersects from its Moto Gold project in the Democr…
More mineralization at Belahouro (July 20, 2006)
In a drilling program designed to expand the known resource on the Belahouro property in northern Burkina Faso, Gol…
Equinox revises Lumwana figures
While the market initially reacted harshly to news from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) regarding rising capital costs at its Lumwana copper project in Zambia, with time, the market came to see the…
Anglo American loses some steel
Anglo American (AAL-L) is selling its 79% stake in South African steelmaker Highveld (HVLJ-J) for US$678 million to…
Platinum Australia foresees production from Smokey Hills
Australian platinum developer Platinum Australia (PLAA-L, PLA-A) has received positive preliminary results from a…
Goldfields adds more Western Areas shares
South African mining house Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L, GOGOF-J) has increased its shareholding in South Deep partner…
Diba drilling cuts more gold (July 11, 2006)
Further drilling at the Diba property in Mali by Etruscan Resources (EET-T) has indicated more gold mineralization….
LionOre and ARM to go ahead on Nkomati chromite deposit
LionOre Mining International (LIM-T, LOR-A, LIM-L) and partner African Rainbow Minerals (AGM-L, ARI-J) have agr…
SXR thirsts for Wyoming Sweetwater
Ambitious uranium developer SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXRFF-O) is looking to cash in on the uranium hungry U.S. marke…
Int’l Barytex cuts high-grade copper at Shituru (July 10, 2006)
Vancouver — A couple of hot stepout holes at International Barytex Resources’ (IBX-V, IBYXF-O) Shituru project, near Likasi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have delivered high-grade co…