Venture market juniors take their lumps
Despite continued buoyant metal prices, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index continued to shed recent gains, dropping 2.6%, or 54.82 points, to close the Oct. 11-17 trading session at 2063.15. Aver…
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Canico says no to Brazil’s CVRD
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Commentary: Taking on PBS and the New York Times
The Public Broadcast System’s Frontline special on “The Curse of Inca Gold,” which will air on Oct. 25, 2005, and t…
Paladin raises A$77 million in oversubscribed offering
Vancouver – Aspiring uranium producer Paladin Resources (PDN-T, PDN-A) has closed an A$77 million financing that wi…
Tethyan to give Reko Diq new twist
Despite favourable new drill results, Tethyan Copper (TYC-A) has sent an unfinished feasibility study on developmen…
Fronteer extends Michelin at depth (October 21, 2005)
New drilling at the Michelin uranium deposit in central Labrador is confirming 1970s-era results at shallow depths …
Dundee grabs Boliden’s Breakwater stake (October 21, 2005)
Dundee Corp. (DBC.SV.A-T) has acquired another 18 million shares in zinc miner Breakwater Resources (BWR-T). Th…
Full Metal blazing in Alaska
Sand Point, Alaska – Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V, FLMTF-O) strategy of focusing on a pro-mining, stable region with…
Equinox feasibility positive (October 20, 2005)
A revised feasibility study on the Lumwana copper project in northwestern Zambia shows a 20-million-tonne-per-year …
Virginia’s Eleonore — still open and getting bigger
With the release of another batch of assay results from ongoing drilling, Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) continues to …
Iamgold grows Quimsacocha
The latest batch of thirteen drill holes by Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-X) has extended to the southeast the Quimsacocha go…
Franconia sees favourable economics at Birch Lake
The large Birch Lake nickel-copper deposit in northeastern Minnesota could be economically developed as a bulk unde…