Xstrata officially kills bid for Anglo American, for now
Four months after launching an informal bid for the venerable miner Anglo American (AAL-L, AAUKY-Q), diversifi…
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Medoro gets better feel for Colombia Goldfield’s asset
Medoro Resources (MRS-V) and Colombia Goldfields (GOL-T) both put out press releases for the new resource es…
Winter production shutdown cancelled at Diavik
Improving market conditions and rising diamond prices mean that Harry Winston (HW-T, HWD-N) will not proceed w…
Pan American makes friendly move on Aquiline
Pan American Silver (PAA-T) is looking to acquire Aquiline Resources (AQI-T) and its large Navidad silver proj…
Initial resource on Puimajuq boosts Canadian Royalties
In the Inuktitut language “Puimajuq” means “near surface” and Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) hopes its deposit of …
Tyhee bullish about gold project in Yellowknife
Tyhee Development’s (TDC-T) Yellowknife gold project in the South Mackenzie mining district of the Northwest T…
Editorial: Gold smashes price records
Gold prices are typically strong in September and October as Western goldsmiths and jewellers stock up on inve…
Livengood hits 12 million oz. for Tower Hill
Vancouver – Three years ago International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V) started its first drill program at the Li…
The Barrick Effect helps out New Gold
Now that Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has agreed to sell its 70% interest in the El Morro copper-gold project, in …
Capital Gold boosts reserves at El Chanate mine
New York-based Capital Gold (CGC-T, CGLD-O) built its 100% owned El Chanate open-pit mine in Sonoro, Mexico, i…
Rio Tinto doubles down on Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe Mines’ (IVN-T) largest publicly traded shareholder wants a bigger piece of the copper pie in Mongolia.
Update: Cliffs sidelines Cons. Thompson with own Wabush bid
Friday’s US$120-million bid by Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (CLM-T) for a 100% interest in the Wabush Mine…