Rockwood wants Talison
Rockwood Holdings (ROC-N) is bidding $6.50 per share — a 53% premium — for Talison Lithium (TLH-T) in a deal valuing the company at $724 million on a fully diluted basis.
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Nautilus stays the course
Starting the world’s first seabed mining operation was never going to be simple, but for TSX-listed Nautilus Minerals, the challenges have been multiplying.The logistics of commercially mining 1.6 km below sea level — which would…
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EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug 6 Aug 3 Aug 2 Aug 1 July 31 US$ in C n/a 0.9986 1.0062 1.0017 1.0014 …
Alacer boosts production, stock rises
Alacer Gold (ASR-T, ALIAF-O) has wrung more production out of two of its gold mines, and in doing so, has made up for disappointing results from another.The company announced that second-quarter mine production results for its operations…
Search for deep-sea treasure intensifying
ng harder to find and even harder to put into production owing to social and political hurdles, a small but growing group of companies are looking to the sea floor as their next source of riches.Nautilus Minerals (NUS-T) has been at the…
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EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug 6 Aug 3 Aug 2 Aug 1 July 31 US$ in C n/a 0.9986 1.0062 1.0017 1.0014 …
Nautilus fighting to stay on course
VANCOUVER — Starting the world’s first seabed mining operation was never going to be simple, but for Nautilus Minerals (NUS-T), the challenges have been multiplying.
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EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 30 July 27 July 26 July 25 July 24 US$ in C 1.0033 1.0060 1.0101 1.0181 1.0208 …
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EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 23 July 20 July 19 July 18 July 17 US$ in C 1.0172 1.0114 1.0077 1.0112 1.0141 …
[Update] Intrepid frustrated at Tujuh Bukit
VANCOUVER — Toronto-listed explorer Intrepid Mines (IAU-T) is the latest victim in an ongoing nationalization saga in the South Pacific. On June 28 an unknown entity seized control of its Indonesian joint-venture partner, Indo Multi Niaga…
Alacer boosts production and stock rises
Alacer Gold (ASR-T) managed to wring more production out of two of its mines and in doing so made up for disappointing results from another.
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EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date July 16 July 13 July 12 July 11 July 10 US$ in C 1.0157 1.0151 1.0214 1.0195 1.0203 …