Waratah rejects bid by Aussie company
Waratah Coal (WCI-V, WRTHF-o) says a partial takeover bid by Mineralogy Pty. undervalues the company’s Galilee Basin coal project in eastern Australia and has advised shareholders to reject the $1.41-…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Cameco opens Alice Springs office, invests in Niger exploration (October 27, 2008)
Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-n), the world’s largest uranium company, has opened an office in Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory to help advance the Angela and Pamela uranium projects nearby. A joi…
Mega Uranium shows positive economics at Lake Maitland
Vancouver – A month after the government in Western Australia lifted a ban on uranium mining Mega Uranium (MGA-T) r…
Waratah rejects takeover bid by private Australian company
Waratah Coal (WCI-V) says a partial takeover bid by Mineralogy Pty. undervalues the company’s Galilee Basin coal pr…
ATW hits VG in new Burnakura gold zone
Vancouver — Visible gold has been found in high-grade inter- sections at ATW Venture’s (ATW-V, ATWVF-o) Burnakura project in Western Australia.
Blue Note to shut Caribou and Restigouche
Blue Note Mining (BN-T, BNMFF-O) is the latest miner to join the care and maintenance club after less than a year o…
New Guinea Gold has more yellow on its hands
There’s more gold in the hills around New Guinea Gold’s (NGG-V) already producing Sinivit mine in Papua New Guinea,…
Redpath acquires Aussie mining contractor Eroc
North Bay, Ont.-based mining contractor The Redpath Group has cemented its place in the Australian mining sector through its acquisition of Eroc Pty. Ltd.
ATW hits visible gold in new Burnakura zone
Vancouver – News of visible gold in high-grade intersections at ATW Ventures’ (ATW-V) Burnakura project in Western …
PEOPLE (September 29, 2008)
Amazon GoldSands — Carlos Stocker appointed CFO; Kenneth Phillippe has resigned as CFO. Argentex Mining — Patrick Downey appointed a director. Bullion Monarch Mining– Larry Anderson appointed a dir…
Western Australia lifts ban on uranium mining
Uranium explorers in Western Australia can move ahead with some certainty now that a ban on uranium mining is set to be lifted by the newly elected state government.
New Guinea Gold tracks gold-rich oxide at Sinivit
Vancouver — At the producing Sinivit gold mine in Papua New Guinea, expansion drilling is returning high-grade gold oxide at surface and well-mineralized sulphide from just below for New Guinea Gold …