Exmin, Hochschilds not finicky about Moris
Vancouver-based junior Exmin Resources (EXM-V, EXMFF-O) has teamed up with Peru’s Hochschild Mining Group to buy the closed Santa Maria de Moris heap-leach gold-silver mine located in the Moris distri…
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Teck snaps Inco’s olive branch (August 14, 2006)
Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has politely declined Inco’s (N-T, N-N) invitation to the negotiating table, instead preferring to stick to its game plan and existing cash-and-share takeover bid for the…
U.S. Markets august 1-7
Trading on U.S stock markets was flat over the report period Aug. 1-Aug. 7, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index up barely a point to close at 1,275.77. Three penny juniors were the most active tr…
Tiomin lines up funding for Kwale (August 14, 2006)
Tiomin Resources (TIO-T, TMIRF-O) has reached final agreements with a lending syndicate for US$155 million in debt financing for the Kwale titanium-sands project in Kenya, fulfilling conditions on an…
TNM on Market Matters radio
On Saturday, Aug. 12, catch Northern Miner editor John Cumming speaking about junior gold stocks with Michael L. Le…
Goldcorp nearly doubles Q2 earnings to US$190 million
Vancouver – After digesting the producing Canadian assets of Placer Dome, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has turned in a stel…
EuroZinc bulks up on strong Q2
It was a busy quarter for EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) as a ramping up of production, construction and exploratio…
CVRD joins Inco bidding war
The takeover battle for Inco (N-T, N-N) is heating up, with Brazil’s Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) emer…
Blackstone cuts wide nickel intercept in southern Norway
Vancouver – Drilling by Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V, BLVKF-O) and joint venture partner Sulfidmalm, a wholly owned s…
Teck Cominco looks at bigger Australian footprint (August 10, 2006)
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — There were a lot of people who thought Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) chief executi…
Universal intersects uranium at Lisbon Valley
Universal Uranium (UUL-V) has intersected uranium in nine of the 12 holes drilled at its Lisbon Valley property in …
Taseko boosts operating profits at Gibraltar
Vancouver Robust metal prices helped Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) boost its operating profit to $18.3 million in t…