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 …
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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 …
Waratah’s coal project nixed in Queensland (September 22, 2008)
An environmental ruling against Waratah Coal’s (WCI-V, WGO-A) multibillion-dollar proposal for a major coal port development on the east coast of Australia has crushed the stock. On the news, Waratah …
Western Areas doubles resource at Spotted Quoll (September 15, 2008)
If Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) had any doubts that its Spotted Quoll nickel project, in Western Australia, has the potential to become a major underground mine, they seem to have been laid to rest wi…
Norwegian finance minister blacklists Rio
Vancouver A $400 billion Norwegian government pension fund has dumped all of its $820 million worth of Rio Tinto …
New Guinea Gold tracking gold-rich oxide at Sinivit
Vancouver – At the producing Sinivit gold mine in Papua New Guinea expansion drilling is returning high-grade gold …
Waratah’s coal project nixed in Queensland (September 05, 2008)
An environmental ruling against Waratah Coal’s (WCI-V, WGO-A) multi-billion dollar proposal for a major coal po…
Western Areas doubles resource at Spotted Quoll (September 02, 2008)
If Western Areas (WSA-T, WSA-A) had any doubts that its Spotted Quoll nickel project has the potential to become a …
Editorial: It’s closin’ time
Mine closings and layoffs. Yes, with metal prices pulling back sharply this past half year, we’ve finally reached that painful inflection point in the commodity cycle where mine suspensions and closin…
Chinalco limited to 15% Rio Tinto stake
The Australian government has approved a maximum holding of 14.99% in the shares of Rio Tinto PLC( RTP-N, RIO-L) for Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco). The approval is subject to the conditions that …