Midway drilling pushes Spring Valley northwards
Vancouver – Drilling by Midway Gold (MDW-V, MDWGF-O) on the North Hill target at its Spring Valley project in north…
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Barrick extends NovaGold bid
Vancouver – Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has again extended its takeover bid for NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X), pu…
Editorial: Kimberley in America — three years on
More than three years into the international adoption of the Kimberley process for the tracking and certification o…
Kinross completes Crown takeover (October 09, 2006)
Shareholders of Crown Resources (CRCE-O) have voted in favour of the acquisition of Crown by Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N)….
Editorial: NovaGold, Barrick edging towards year-long stalemate (October 09, 2006)
It’s easy to tell that metal prices are high and the stakes are getting even higher as we witness all the acrimony brewing between some of mining’s top CEOs….
Newmont readies market for shortfalls
Vancouver — The world’s second-largest gold producer, Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N), has given notice that bullion output from its mines will temporarily decline until it can bring new development pr…
Freegold trenches high-grade at Golden Summit
Vancouver — Trench results from Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) Golden Summit project, near Fairbanks, Alaska, show extensive high-grade gold mineralization along significant lengths of newly dis…
Forest fires smoke out Stillwater
Production was suspended for a total of nine days at the southwestern Montana palladium-platinum mines of Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) after smoke from two large forest fires closed roads and forced loca…
Quadra trumped in bid for Equatorial
Losses related to a hedging program and operating challenges at the Robinson copper-gold mine near Ely, Nev., pushed Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) into the red during the latest quarter ended June 30…
Laramide tables La Jara Mesa uranium resource (October 06, 2006)
Vancouver – Uranium-focused explorer Laramide Resources (LAM-T, LMRXF-O) has been delivered a resource estimate for…
Queenstake trimming fat at Jerritt Canyon (October 05, 2006)
Vancouver – Looking to garner greater market respect, Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) is moving to slash produc…
Editorial: NovaGold, Barrick edging towards year-long stalemate (October 03, 2006)
It’s easy to tell that metal prices are high and the stakes are getting even higher as we witness all the acrimony …