A South African thaw
In an about-face South African gold miner, and target of a hostile takeover bid, Gold Fields (GFI-N) has concluded…
Russia and CIS
Barrick invests in Celtic Resources
Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has agreed to invest US$28 million to buy shares of Celtic Resources Holdings (CER-L) as a mea…
Kupol’s gold and silver high and continuous
Vancouver – Bema Gold’s (BGO-T) recent drill program at Kupol has extended the high-grade gold and silver mineraliz…
Pan American trades Dukat for ducats (November 22, 2004)
Pan American Silver (PAA-T) has sold its 20% stake in the Dukat silver-gold mine in Magadan state in far-eastern Ru…
Russia’s Mechel Steel prices IPO, begins trading
Just hours before the opening bell, Russian steel maker and base-metal miner Mechel Steel (MTL-N) set the price of…
Gold Fields circles the wagons (October 27, 2004)
In its latest gambit to derail Harmony Gold’s (HMY-N) unwanted advances, Gold Fields (GF-N) has asked South Africa’…
Harmony targets Gold Fields, top spot (October 18, 2004)
Fresh off a failed merger attempt with Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T), Iamgold (IMG-T) now sees its new plan to joi…
Iamgold slides on Norilsk rumours
Shares in Iamgold (IMG-T) were off as much as 88, or nearly 9%, at $9.17 in early trading in Toronto on Oct. 15, a…
Kupol results propel Bema higher (September 23, 2004)
Surging gold prices coupled with excellent drill results from the Kupol gold project in Russia’s Far East sent shar…
More gold and copper at Varvarinskoye
European Minerals (EPM.U-T) has recently completed infill drilling on the periphery of proposed open pits at its Va…
Nevada plant banished to Siberia
High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) has acquired a semi-autogenous ball mill, jaw crusher and overland conveyor system fr…
High River ups Buryatzoloto stake
High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) has agreed to a share-swap deal that will see its stake in Russian gold producer Bury…