SEC cracks down on hijacking (March 24, 2008)
Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T, PZG-X) is one of 26 companies that have been temporarily suspended by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly hijacking the identities of defunct o…
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Aurelian enlists Redpath, Cartellone for mine planning
Ecuador-focused company Aurelian Resources (ARU-T, AUREF-O) has announced a joint venture between mine contractors Redpath Group and Jose Cartellone Construcciones Civiles will provide construction pl…
AMEC lands Potash Corp. contract
International engineering and project management company, AMEC (AMEC-L) has been awarded a contract with Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT-T, POT-N) at the company’s Rocanville potash mine in Saskatch…
Aker Kvaerner to relocate, expand technology shop
Norwegian engineering powerhouse Aker Kvaerner has announced plans to relocate the company’s fabrication shop to Pickering, Ont.
PEOPLE (March 24, 2008)
Anaconda Mining — John McBride appointed chairman of the board of directors; Lewis Lawrick appointed president and CEO. He remains a director. Anglo SwissResources– Edward Nunn appointed a director….
Pico Envirotec Inc.
Mr Bob Pavlik President of Pico Envirotec Inc. of 222 Snidercroft Road, Concord Ontario announced that the board had appointed Patrick Cunneen to be Chairman of the company. Pico Envirotec manufacture…
And the winner is
There are two recipients of this year’s Distinguished Service Award from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, which was handed out at the PDAC awards night in March. Top: Donald Musta…
Platinum price volatile as South African power crisis continues
VANCOUVER — Broken generators and cold, wet weather are once again threatening operations at South African mines and forcing the country’s residents to endure rolling blackouts.
Eldorado inks iron ore deal with BHP
VANCOUVER — Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has signed an agreement to sell future iron ore production from its 75%-owned Vila Nova project, in northern Brazil’s Amapa state, to mining giant BHP Billito…
Minco Gold releases resource for Changkeng
Drive for half an hour southwest of Guangzhou — China’s fourth-largest city of 13 million people, across the border from Hong Kong — and you’ll come across the Changkeng gold project, where Minco Go…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE (March 24, 2008)
U. S. credit market woes trumped gold’s recent surge through the US$1,000-per-oz. threshold, prompting a 99.44-point slide in the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, which closed the March 11-17 trad…
Thompson Creek reports solid 2007;Thompson Creek
Th o m p s o n Creek Metals’ (TCM-T, TC-N) year-end financials show the company is on solid ground a year and a half after completing a US$575 -m i l – lion acquisition that gave it producing molybden…