Editorial: Good news coming for Crystallex?
We’ve almost become accustomed to earth-shaking news in the mining sector popping up on our monitors every few days, so the busy but unspectacular week ended June 16, the twenty-fourth trading week of…
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Mining magnate donates $100 million for industry-based aid initiative
Vancouver – Vancouver entrepreneur Frank Giustra has spent three decades in the mining and securities sectors. Hes…
Breakwater reserves up 50% at El Toqui (June 22, 2007)
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) latest reserve increase for its El Toqui zinc project has given the company the confi…
Exeter dealt blow in Mendoza
Vancouver – By passing legislation banning use of chemicals typically employed in the extraction of gold and other …
Aquiline keeps hitting high-grade silver at Navidad (June 21, 2007)
Vancouver – Aquiline Resources (AQI-V) is riding a wave of good news. Two weeks after the British Columbia Court of…
Yamana looks into selling sulphuric acid
If you asked Peter Marrone about the challenges he was facing two years ago he wouldve given you a much longer lis…
Far West’s Santo Domingo Sur to benefit from Salvador closure
SITE VISIT Diego de Almagro, Chile — Vancouver-based exploration company Far West Mining (FWM-T, FWMLF-O) will update the resource estimate for its Santo Domingo copper property in Chile’s Region III…
Peru Copper endorses $840M Chinese bid
Vancouver — Management of Peru Copper (PCR-T, CUP-X) has thrown its support behind a friendly $6.60-per-share takeover offer by Beijing-based Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH-N) (Chinalco).
Candente moves Canariaco to feasibility
Vancouver — Eyeing a potential 2008 production scenario for its Caariaco Norte copper deposit in northwestern Peru, Candente Resource (DNT-T, CDOUF-O) is advancing the project to the feasibility sta…
Editorial: Uranium, iron ore deals take centre stage
Mergers and acquisitions continued to be the major theme of the mining sector during the week ended June 9, the twenty-third trading week of 2007.
Two sets of gold results push Exeter up 48% (June 18, 2007)
Vancouver — Strong gold results out of Argentina on the back of good gold grades from Chile had investors interested in Exeter Resources (XRC-V, XRA-X) recently, pushing its share price up 48% to $3….
Mirabela posts resource for Sta. Rita
Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) will start a scoping study on building a smelter at the Santa Rita nickel project in…