Lihir to take over Ballarat (November 13, 2006)
Lihir Gold (LIHR-Q, LHG-A) has offered to take over Ballarat Goldfields (BLRTF-O, BGF-L, BGF-A) in an all-paper merger that values Ballarat at A$350 million ($300 million). The proposal is to trade fi…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Anglo investing US$25 million in Nautilus
Vancouver – Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) plans a US$68.5-million financing and has lined up mining giant Angl…
Buffalo Gold cuts more Mount Kare high-grade
Vancouver — Buffalo Gold’s (BUF.U-V, BYBUF-O) Mount Kare project in Papua New Guinea continues to deliver wide, high-grade gold intercepts in the latest drilling on the North-Western Roscoelite zone …
Nautilus contracts to build deep-sea mining vessel (October 30, 2006)
Vancouver — Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) and Belgium-based Jan De Nul Group have reached a tentative agreement that would see a deep-sea mining vessel built for use at a Nautilus project in the…
Tri Origin tables Woodlawn zinc resource
Vancouver – Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-V, TROIF-O) has put forth a resource estimate for its Woodlawn base metals …
Crescent Gold nears production Down Under
LAVERTON MINE TO POUR GOLD BY YEAR-END
Lihir to take over Ballarat (October 17, 2006)
Lihir Gold (LIHR-Q, LHG-A) has offered to take over Ballarat Goldfields (BGF-L, BGF-A) in an all-paper merger that …
Nautilus contracts to build deep-sea mining vessel (October 04, 2006)
Vancouver – Construction plans for a deep-sea mining vessel have been initiated through an agreement between Nautil…
Uranium fund a new way to play
Considering all the recent buzz around uranium, surprisingly little has been done in the way of investment vehicles that would give investors better exposure to the hot commodity….
Denison to take over IUC
Denison Mines (DEN-T) plans to move back into the mid-tier of uranium producers through a friendly merger with Inte…
LionOre taking its share (September 18, 2006)
With the price of nickel surging in recent weeks and traditional titans Inco (N-T, N-N), and Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N) fading away, LionOre Mining International (LIM-T, LMGGF-O, LOR-L) is establishi…
Crescent Gold nears production downunder
Vancouver – Three years of growing the gold resource and completion of a feasibility study sees Crescent Gold’ (CRA…