Rio Narcea eyes Tasiast in share-swap deal
With an increasingly hostile four-way merger battle raging elsewhere, Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) and Defiance Mi…
Europe
Frontier Pacific acquiring Newmont’s Turkish mine
Vancouver – Frontier Pacific Mining (FRP-V) is purchasing the Ovacik gold mine in western Turkey from Newmont (NEM-…
Anatolia drill results help define open pit
Anatolia Minerals (ANOU-T) has defined considerable gold following reverse circulation drilling at its 100%-owned …
Baia Sprie drilling intersects significant gold
Ore-Leave Capital (OLV-V) has been successful in extending the strike length of gold mineralization along the Rothm…
South Atlantic completes mega financing for Zinkgruvan
Vancouver-based South Atlantic Ventures (SAA-V) has joined the ranks of mid-tier producer after completing the acqu…
Northern Lion hits more Finnish gold (May 27, 2004)
Vancouver – Drilling by Northern Lion Gold (NL-V) on the Haveri gold-copper project in southwestern Finland continu…
South Atlantic cashes up for Zinkgruvan deal
Lundin Group company South Atlantic Ventures (SAA-V) has priced the share offering that will finance its purchase o…
Kisladag costs rise with VAT and fuel
Vancouver – A feasibility cost update by Hatch shows that Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T) Kisladag gold project in western…
Fronteer teams with Teck Cominco in Turkey
Vancouver — Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T) has agreed to option two of Teck Cominco’s (TEK-T) gold projects in…
Rio Narcea swings into the red
Lower production and some non-cash accounting adjustments combined to push Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) US$6.4 mil…
Defiance cuts Tasiast high-grade at depth
Reverse-circulation drilling has cut some high-grade intersections beneath the Piment Central deposit on Defiance M…
Alcan to chop jobs (April 29, 2004)
Aluminum giant Alcan (AL-T) will slash 277 jobs at the Paris headquarters of Pechiney, with which it recently merge…