Royal Gold adds to royalty portfolio
Denver, Colo.-based Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) has found three more projects that meet its three key criteria.
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Hecla buys Rio Tinto’s Greens Creek stake
Hecla Mining (HL-N) has struck a US$750-million deal to buy out its majority partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N) at their co-…
Evolving Gold asks: where does the Carlin go? (February 13, 2008)
The corporate vision of junior explorer Evolving Gold (EVG-V, EVOGF-O) is hinted at right in its name.The compa…
Merger plans for Gryphon Gold, American Bonanza
Gryphon Gold (GGN-T, GYPH-O) and American Bonanza Gold (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) have tabled plans to merge. A letter of int…
Gold Canyon boosts Cordero gallium resource (February 11, 2008)
Vancouver – An updated resource estimate on Gold Canyon Resources’ (GCU-V, GDCRF-O) Cordero gallium project, locate…
Full Metal Minerals sifts through 40 Mile results
Full Metal Minerals (FMM-V, FLMTF-O) is receiving the last of its 2007 drill assays from its 40 Mile property in eastern Alaska.
Editorial: Aluminum gets a rise from power crises in South Africa and China
While aluminum has made the headlines during the past couple of years owing to all the mega-mergers among producers, the fifth trading week of 2008 saw prices for the metal stand out, as supply was hi…
Is coal the new gold? (February 08, 2008)
UBS and Citigroup have raised their price forecasts for thermal and coking coal for the coming two years and it’s n…
Fury completes Taylor silver mine purchase
Vancouver – Fury Explorations (FUR-V, FURXF-O) is inching closer towards a production scenario with the recent clos…
Taking on Nevada one JV at a time
Piedmont Mining (PIED-O) doesn’t want it all. Rather than staking its own claims and investing the time and dol…
Quaterra expands copper zone at MacArthur (February 07, 2008)
It’s been more than 30 years since the MacArthur porphyry copper system in the world-class copper district of Lyon …
Allied Nevada develops Hycroft oxides and sulphides
As Allied Nevada (ANV-T, ANV-X) gets ready to reactivate the Hycroft heap leach gold mine near Winnemucca, Nevada, …