Newcrest seals deal for Rio Fortuna project
Vancouver Newcrest Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian-based Newcrest Mining (CRN-A), has secured …
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Apollo Gold completes sale of Nevada assets (November 21, 2005)
Vancouver – Focused on its cornerstone Black Fox project in northeastern Ontario, Apollo Gold (APG-T, AGT-X) has cl…
Queenstake’s Q3 shows redevelopment plan on track
Vancouver – Based on its latest quarterly results, Queenstake Resources’ (QRL-T, QEE-X) leaner and meaner operating…
Royal rolls in profits from royalty pipeline
Vancouver Denver-based Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) generated net earnings of US$3.1 million, or 14 per share, for…
Asarco strike ends
Reorganizing copper miner Asarco has stuck a tentative deal to end a 4-month strike by some 1,500 unionized workers…
Step-out drilling expands high-grade system at Pebble
Vancouver Recent drilling by Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-Q) has extended a newly identified, high-grade…
Placer Dome expected to rebuff Barrick bid (November 01, 2005)
Vancouver — The board and management of Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) are hunkered behind closed doors, discussing st…
Phelps Dodge rewards shareholders with dividends
Vancouver By the end of 2006, Phelps Dodge (PD-N) plans to return US$1.5 billion of its recent profits to shareho…
Full Metal blazing in Alaska
Sand Point, Alaska – Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V, FLMTF-O) strategy of focusing on a pro-mining, stable region with…
Franconia sees favourable economics at Birch Lake
The large Birch Lake nickel-copper deposit in northeastern Minnesota could be economically developed as a bulk unde…
Whistle blown on Refco (October 18, 2005)
The trust customers and investors place in a business leader is so hard to quantify and yet so critical to a busine…
Constellation explores Flying Diamond as Lisbon Valley progresses
Vancouver With construction of the Lisbon Valley copper mine nearing completion in Utah, Constellation Copper (CC…