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Wily Shore Gold takes the reins
The second-last day of March was a big one for Shore Gold’s shareholders, with the feisty junior explorer scoring a huge tactical victory over a stumbling De Beers, its major partner in the Fort la…
First Majestic lines up $20M financing
Vancouver — Junior silver producer First Majestic Resource (FR-V, FMJRF-O) has arranged a $20-million bought-deal financing aimed at expanding its operations in Mexico….
Esperanza, Silver Standard extend high-grade San Luis vein
Vancouver — Channel sampling by Esperanza Silver (EPZ-V, ESPZF-O) and Silver Standard Resources (sso-t, ssri-q) on the San Luis joint venture, in central Peru, has extended the strike of the Ayeln v…
De Beers’ FalC claim dismissed (April 10, 2006)
The Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan has dismissed an action brought by De Beers Canada against its Fort la Corne (FalC) joint-venture partners Shore Gold (SGF-T, SHGDF-O), Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ…
Diavik surpasses 20M carats
In the little over three years since startup, the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories has produced just under 20 million carats of rough diamonds to the end of 2005….
Cozamin poised for production
With mine and mill construction proceeding on schedule, Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) expects to begin operations by the third quarter of this year at its Cozamin copper-silver-zinc project in Zacat…
High-grade at Mulatos
Definition drilling on the Escondida high-grade zone at the Mulatos project in Sonora state, Mexico, has returned more good intersections for Alamos Gold (AGI-T, AGIGF-O)….
High-grade at Durango
The first batch of nine holes from a 17-hole drill program is outlining another high-grade manto on Excellon Resources’ (EXN-V, EXLLF-O) Platosa silver-lead-zinc property in Mexico’s Durango state….
Metallica’s blasting permit snuffed
Shares in Metallica Resources (MR-T, MRB-X) slipped 53, or 12.5%, to $3.70 in late-afternoon trading in Toronto o…
Barrick exercises back-in right at Pinson (April 07, 2006)
Vancouver – Pinson Mining, a unit of Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N), has opted to exercise its back-in right for a 70…