Blue Pearl eyes Endako milling deal
Junior molybdenum hopeful Blue Pearl Mining (BLE-T) has inked a memorandum of understanding with Endako Mines to bu…
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Newmont net earnings drop 27% in 2005 (February 27, 2006)
Vancouver – Strong bullion prices helped offset some higher mine operating costs for Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) …
Bema forecasts higher production costs in 2006
Vancouver – Mid-tier gold producer Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-X, BGO-L) expects to produce about 381,000 oz. gold from …
Aguablanca finally makes the grade
At long last, engineering and construction contractor Fluor has commissioned the processing plant at Rio Narcea Gol…
Will Codelco spin-off silver assets?
The largest copper miner in the world, Chilean state-owned Codelco, denies it’s planning to spin-off its silver ass…
Cusac, clarifies Taurus resource
Vancouver —
Soho cuts high-grade at Tahuehueto
Vancouver — Drilling on the El Creston trend at its polymetallic Tahuehueto project, in northwestern Durango state, Mexico, has delivered high-grade gold values for
Ivanhoe cuts Olympus ties, Phuoc Son Ok’d (February 27, 2006)
Having disposed of its 19% stake in
Taking de-hedge off
The pace of quarterly de-hedging fell to its lowest level in more than two years with a modest 490,000-oz. (15.2-tonne) cut in the delta-adjusted hedge book in the 3-month quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005….
Another hiccup at Lac des les
Venture market resumes upward trend
Renewed gains in metal prices caused the junior-resource-dominated TSX Venture Composite Index to bounce back from recent declines, moving up 4.1% or 99.37 points to close the Feb. 14-20 trading sessi…
TSX rebounds on gold, oil rally
The Toronto Stock Exchange clawed back 346.27 points to finish the Feb. 14-20 report period at 11,865.76, with all of the precious metals, and most of the base metals staging recoveries. After plummet…