More visible gold at Gold Eagle (May 11, 2005)
Southern Star Resources (SSR-V) and Exall Resources (EXL-T) have cut significant gold at their Gold Eagle mine prop…
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De Beers approves Snap Lake construction
De Beers has given the official go-ahead for construction of its first mine outside of Africa. The Snap Lake mine i…
West Hawk eyes Groundhog Coal
Vancouver – West Hawk Development (WHD-V) has agreed to purchase ten high grade metallurgical coal properties compr…
Richmont changes plans at Beaufor (May 09, 2005)
Just one week after reporting its first quarter results Richmont Mines (RIC-T) along with its partner Louvem Mines …
Shear-Stornoway hit new Churchill pipe in first hole
Vancouver – Partners Shear Minerals (SRM-V), Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) and BHP Billiton (BHP-N) are one-for-one in …
Agnico-Eagle keeping costs down
Thanks to high byproduct prices, Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) produced gold with total cash costs of US$67 per oz. in…
Noranda clears late hurdle to win (May 06, 2005)
Noranda’s (NRD-T) tender offer for Falconbridge (FL-T) has netted nearly 58.5 million shares, or 78% of the shares …
GWR strikes further copper at Lac La Hache
Vancouver – Copper explorer GWR Resources (GWQ-V) has cut significant mineralization on its Lac La Hache project ne…
BcMetals puts part of Red Chris up for sale
Vancouver bcMetals’ (C-V) wholly owned subsidiary, Red Chris Development is seeking equity partners to pay for th…
Diavik mine a hive of activity
Diavik Diamond Mines, a unit of Rio Tinto (RTP-N) and 60%-owner of the Diavik diamond mine, and its 40% joint ventu…
Rubicon cuts further gold at McFinley
Vancouver – With its winter drill program now complete, Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T) has extended the Phoenix zone stri…
FNX Mining, Aurora Platinum plan Sudbury nuptials
Looking to boost its portfolio in the Sudbury mining camp, FNX Mining (FNX-T) plans to acquire Aurora Platinum (ARP…