UPDATE:Xstrata wants Lonmin’s platinum
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) wants to widen its reach in its efforts to become the world’s pre-eminent diversified mine…
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Nevoro acquires Sheffield Resources, leases past-producing Benbow chromite mine
Having finalized a lease on the past-producing Benbow chromite mine, Nevoro (NVR-T) now controls a project in the S…
Helicopter crash at Homestake Ridge kills four
Vancouver – A helicopter carrying workers to Bravo Ventures’ (BVG-V) Homestake Ridge project in northwest British C…
Atac’s drilling scores 10 out of 11
Vancouver – The first drill result out of Atac Resources’ (ATC-V) Rau gold project in the central Yukon impressed i…
San Gold on cusp of resource update (August 06, 2008)
Vancouver – Exploration drilling in and around San Gold’s (SGR-V) operating Rice Lake mine, 230 km northeast of Win…
Xstrata signals faith in platinum
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has signaled its faith in the platinum market by making a $10 billion pitch for London-bas…
Yankee Hat forms tungsten JV with Japanese group (August 06, 2008)
Restrictions on tungsten exports from China have caused resource-poor Japan to look to the Yukon and Northwest Terr…
Goldsource still in coal, share price slides
Vancouver Goldsource Mines (GXS-V) is back into thick coal intercepts at its Border property near Hudson Bay, Sas…
Carpathian can’t get lift from wide intersects
The latest drill results from Romania, while strong, weren’t enough to lift Carpathian Gold (CPN-T) out of the summ…
Probe shares down on McFauld’s west results
Probe Mines (PRB-V) shares plunged 47% today after the company reported that drill results from its McFauld’s West …
Teck and Xstrata close Lennard Shelf mine
Teck Cominco (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) and Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) are closing the Lennard Shelf Pillara zinc-lead mine in Western Australia, because it is no longer economic.
Golden Predator snares Midway
VANCOUVER–Only a few months after manoeuvring a takeover of Fury Explorations (FUR-V, FURXF-O), tungsten producer Golden Predator Mines (GP-T, GPDRF-O) is signing onto a merger with Midway Gold (MDW-…