Alcan takes charge at Coega
An ongoing review of Pechiney assets has prompted Montreal-based aluminum giant Alcan (AL-T) to book an impairment…
Africa
Tasiast permitted
The government of Mauritania has awarded Defiance Mining (DM-T) an exploitation permit for its Tasiast gold project…
AMF advances at Kolwezi
America Mineral Fields’ (AMZ-T) Kolwezi cobalt-copper tailings project in the Democratic Republic of Congo has take…
Tasiast yields gold
Tasiast yields goldMetallurgical test work by SGS Lakefield Research indicates gold recoveries of 94-95% from b…
Cassidy cuts Guinean gold
Vancouver A second bout of drilling by Cassidy Gold (CDY-V) has confirmed the high-grade nature of the Kouroussa…
Klipspringer trips over exchange rate klip
The rising South African rand has forced SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) to suspend operations at its Klipspringer di…
Golden Star ends year on high note
Denver-based Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) is closing out 2003 with better-than-expected output from its flagship B…
Anooraq raises $20 million
Anooraq Resources (ARQ-V) has raised $20 million to accelerate development of the Drenthe farm in South Africa’s Bu…
Banro adds to DRC portfolio
Banro (BNR-V) has been granted a prospecting permit for some 11,000 sq. km in the Lubero region of the Democratic R…
Orezone’s Burkina Faso drill program update
The first seven shallow, reverse-circulation infill holes on the Main zone at the Bondi gold project in Burkina Fas…
Ghana green-lights Ahafo
The Ghanaian parliament has unanimously approved a foreign investment agreement with Newmont Mining (NEM-N) that pa…
Birim extends Tombe-Parabu (December 17, 2003)
Reverse-circulation drilling by Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) on the Bui project in Ghana, West Africa, has extended the…