IUC eyes Cameco’s Park Creek (March 27, 2006)
A recently inked letter of intent paves the way for International Uranium (IUC-T, IUCPF-O) to pick up a 75% stake in uranium giant Cameco’s (CCO-T, CCJ-N) 78-sq.-km Park Creek uranium exploration proj…
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X-Cal sees new potential at Sleeper
Vancouver — If ever a mineral project matched its name, it’s the Sleeper gold property that X-Cal Resources (XCL-T, XCASF-O) has been evaluating and exploring for much of the past decade. A major dis…
CNQ Trading (March 27, 2006)
March 14-20, 2006…
TSX Short Positions (March 27, 2006)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15, 2006 (with changes from Feb. 28)….
Newmont and RER form alliance
Vancouver — China has long dominated the market for rare-earth elements, which, in the case of the United States, is valued at more than US$1 billion. That could change if Rare Element Resources (RES…
Dundee to expand Chelopech
Vancouver — Dundee Precious Metals’ (DPM-T, DPMLF-O) environmental impact assessment for its Chelopech gold-copper mine in central Bulgaria has been approved by the country’s Supreme Environmental Co…
Overseas Quotes (March 27, 2006)
Close: March 21, 2006…
Barrick find lost in shuffle
Lost in the shuffle during the recent takeover of Placer Dome is a new gold discovery Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has made along the prolific Carlin trend in Nevada….
Phelps Dodge sticks to its guns as New York demands share-buyback
Vancouver — In a classic western-style showdown, Arizona-based Phelps Dodge (PD-N) is sticking to its guns and guarding its cash after a major shareholder, a New York City-based hedge fund, cranked u…
Western Nevada starts to catch the wave
Even though it is sometimes in the shadow of the “big trends” like Carlin or Battle Mountain, Nevada’s Walker Lane trend is the home of many of the Silver State’s legendary mines — Tonopah, Goldfield…
PolyMet marches towards NorthMet development
Vancouver — Strong metal prices and refined engineering studies have prompted PolyMet Mining (POM-V, POMGF-O) to expand the scope of development at its NorthMet copper-nickel-cobalt-PGM deposit in no…
Silvercorp consolidates land position at Ying
Vancouver — Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O) is buying the Hou-Ping-Gou (HPG) silver-gold-lead mine located within its Ying project area in Henan province, China….