Tests make Aurora metallurgy look easy
Metallurgical testing on samples from the Aurora gold project in Guyana has returned positive results for Guyana Go…
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Equinox advances Lumwana, adopts poison pill
Red-hot copper prices, a consolidating industry, and a developing copper project in Zambia, have prompted Australia…
Blockade shuts down Freeport’s Grasberg mine
Vancouver – A large group of protesters, some toting weapons, effectively shut down operations at Freeport-McMoRan …
Red Back drilling confirms Abodoabo trench results (February 22, 2006)
Vancouver – The first drill holes on Red Back Mining’s (RBI-T) Abodoabo prospect, in southwestern Ghana, are substa…
Rio Narcea axes marginal mines (February 22, 2006)
Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T, RNO-X) has decided to pull the plug on its marginal El Valle and Carls underground g…
Desert Sun rises on Yamana bid (February 22, 2006)
A friendly bid from Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-X, YAU-L) to take over Desert Sun Mining (DSM-T, DEZ-X) would see the c…
Moto takes the show to Europe
Moto Goldmines (MGL-T, MOE-A) is looking to enlist the European investment community in its drive to build itself i…
Exmin secures district-scale projects in Mexico
Vancouver A series of newly executed deals have provided Exmin Resources (EXM-V) with a large land package in the…
Campbell confirms deeper zones at Corner Bay (February 21, 2006)
Further drilling by Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) at the Corner Bay copper deposit south of Chibougamau, Que….
Chariot cuts high-grade copper at Mina Justa (February 21, 2006)
Vancouver – Initial feasibility drilling by Chariot Resources (CHD-T, CHDSF-O) on the Mina Justa deposit at its Mar…
Inco eyes summer wedding
Inco (N-T, N-N) has for a third time extended its friendly takeover bid for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N), this ti…
Bolivia stalls on El Mutun auction
Reneging on last weeks promise to hold a Feb.21 auction for the massive El Mutun iron-ore project in eastern Bolivi…