Volta Grande grows with drilling
Verena Minerals (VML-V) has finished the first phase of a 37,000-metre drilling program at the Volta Grande gold pr…
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Consolidated Thompson looks to consolidate
Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (CLM-V) may be looking to consolidate iron ore projects along the Quebec and Labra…
Skye falls on $80 million offering news
Vancouver – News that Skye Resources (SKR-T) is planning to kickstart development of its Fenix nickel project in Gu…
UEX sees more high-grade uranium from Shea Creek (November 21, 2006)
Vancouver – Further high-grade uranium values were encountered in drilling by UEX Corporation’s (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) jo…
Western Goldfields buys fleet for California mine
Now that US$60.9 million in fleet equipment has been ordered for the Mesquite gold mine in Imperial County, Califor…
Short Position Report (November 21, 2006)
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Freeport and Phelps set to become world’s copper giant
If shareholders give the go-ahead, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) proposed takeover of Phelps Dodge (PD-N…
Lake Shore boosts Timmins West resource
Vancouver – Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSGGF-O) delivered a significant resource increase at its Timmins West project …
Norilsk buys OMG’s nickel business
Cleveland-based OM Group (OMG-N) has decided to sell its nickel business for US$408 million to Russia’s Noril…
Letter to the Editor: Foreign takeovers could signal end of Canadian based research
The October announcement of the virtual extinction of Inco’s, board of directors by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce concludes another chapter in the globalization of the mining industry and raises serious …
Leading the World in Exploration
On behalf of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) and the Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you to the 24th annual Mineral Exploration Roundup, the …
Roundup Rockhounds (November 20, 2006)
In co-operation with AME BC, the Mineral Resources Education Program of BC will once again be involving elementary and secondary students and their teachers in Mineral Exploration Roundup 2007. We are…