Rio Tinto coming to Oyu Tolgoi
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) wowed the market by laying the groundwork for a partnership with Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) in …
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Pirquitas to go into production (October 18, 2006)
Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V, SSRI-Q) will go ahead with construction of a mine at its Pirquitas silver project…
Colombia attracts mining’s heavy hitters
Marmato, Colombia — Efforts by Colombian authorities to attract international mining investment are bearing fruit …
Short Position Report (October 18, 2006)
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Shore sizes up Star kimberlite (October 17, 2006)
Geological modelling of the Star kimberlite near Fort la Corne, Sask., has put the size of the body at 276 millio…
Lihir to take over Ballarat (October 17, 2006)
Lihir Gold (LIHR-Q, LHG-A) has offered to take over Ballarat Goldfields (BGF-L, BGF-A) in an all-paper merger that …
Brazilian Diamonds finds micro-diamonds
Brazilian Diamonds (BDY-T, BDY-L) recovered 129 micro-diamonds in samples from the first hole in a series of deep d…
Anglo Coal consolidating in B.C.
Coal properties in north-eastern B.C. saw some consolidation as Hillsborough Resources (HLB-T) NEMI Northern Energy…
NAP performance improves
Production performance from the problem-plagued palladium producer Lac des les improved for the third successi…
TSX Venture Short Positions (October 16, 2006)
Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30, 2006 (with changes from Sept. 15)….
Goldcorp sees the future in Penasquito
It turns out that the driving force behind the proposed merger between Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and Glamis Gold (GLG-T, GLG-N) is the Penasquito project in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, a low-grade, bulk-tonn…
Toronto Stock Exchange october 3-6
The TSX Composite Index fell over the Thanksgiving holiday-shortened Oct. 3-6 trading period, dropping 96.5 points to 112,690.89 following the previous week’s rally….