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Mongolian President fails to veto new tax
Vancouver – Mongolia’s President Nambaryn Enkhbayar has opted for the populist course of strong nationalism and dec…
Yamana turns hedger — in copper
Capitalizing on record copper prices, Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-X, YAU-L) has locked in prices on production from its…
Linear cuts new gold at Ixhuatan
An initial pair of holes collared some 450 metres southwest of the Campamento gold deposit on the Ixhuatan project,…
EKATI snubs union’s proposal
EKATI Diamond Mine says the latest offer from the union doesn’t meet the “flexibility requirements” it needs to ope…
Anvil to go ahead at Kinsevere
Anvil Mining (AVM-T, AVM-A) has approved a US$35 million stage one development of the Kinsevere copper and cobalt d…
Red Lake, Campbell see layoffs (May 26, 2006)
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has started staff reductions at the Red Lake and Campbell mines in Balmertown, Ont., beginning…
Nautilus samples deep-sea deposits (May 25, 2006)
Vancouver – Ocean-floor explorer Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has returned high-grade copper-gold values from…
FNX sizes up Podolsky (May 25, 2006)
Junior nickel miner FNX Mining (FNX-T, FNX-X) has tabled a resource estimate for the 2000 and North polymetallic de…
Miramar drill results from Hope Bay
Miramar Mining (MAE-T, MNG-X) issued its first results from the 2006 exploration program at its Hope Bay Project in…
Partners bullish at Brauna
Trenching by partners Majescor Resources (MAJ-V, RSMJF-O) and Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-T, VAAFF-O) has turned up ano…
Nuinsco bats .500 at Minago
The latest pair of holes by Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T, NUIRF-) on the Minago sulphide nickel deposit, about 70 km so…