Newmont files prospectus for Franco-Nevada
Newmont Mining (NEM-N, NMC-T) has filed a preliminary prospectus to allow it to re-float Franco-Nevada Mining as a …
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Mercator taking run at Tyler
Copper producer Mercator Minerals (ML-T) has announced it will make a takeover offer for Calgary-based explorer…
Silver Eagle increases resource at Miguel Auza
A new resource calculation for Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T) has substantially increased the indicated resource at the…
Exmin-Hochschild pour gold at Moris
Vancouver – Exmin Resources (EXM-V, EXMFF-O) has officially entered the producers league following the first gold …
Apex Silver ships first concentrate from San Cristobal
Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) has completed the first two shipments of concentrate from its San Cristobal property in s…
Donner cuts more high-grade zinc at Matagami
Vancouver – Drilling by Matagami project partners Donner Metals (DON-V, DONFF-O) and Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has t…
No parliament in Kyrgyzstan means Centerra will wait
The investment agreement reached between Centerra Gold (CG-T) and the government of Kyrgyzstan is on hold as the bo…
Cornerstone and Newmont partner in Ecuador
With gold prices at a 27-year high, Cornerstone Capital Resources (CGP-V, CTNXF-O) and Newmont Ventures, a division…
Uranium industry finds downside to the boom
The commodity boom is stretching mining resources to the limit across all sectors in the industry, but nowhere are shortages of manpower and equipment more pronounced than in the field of uranium expl…
Bannerman aims for top 10
SITE VISIT Swakopmund, Namibia — Bannerman Resources’ (BNNLF-O, BMN-A) Welwitschia uranium project in Namibia is named after a rather ugly plant found exclusively in the Namib Desert of southwestern Africa,…
Cameco investment sees Western Uranium on course
SITE VISIT Orovada, Nev. — Uranium giant Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) must like what it sees in Western Uranium (WUC-V, WURNF-O), and its flagship Kings Valley property. The major recently invested…
Otish basin seeing increased activity
Uranium exploration activity is at a 25-year high in the Otish sandstone basin of north-central Quebec. While that would probably still be true if one prospector was carrying a scintillometer, the dis…