The North American potash partnership Canpotex will supply Saskatchewan potash to China’s largest potash importer, China National Chemicals Import & Export Corporation (Sinochem).Under a memorandum of…
Mid-tier producer Randgold Resources made headlines during the week ending Aug. 12 by topping AngloGold’s bid for Ashanti Goldfields by about US$100 million. Randgold is offering one of its own…
Mid-tier producer Randgold Resources (GOLD-Q) has made the proposed merger between Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) and AngloGold (AU-N) a whole lot more interesting by making a merger proposal to As…
It’s not like the Summer of Love in 1996 all over again (at least we hope it’s not), but the season has served us with a tray-full of financings for the junior exploration companies and small producer…
North American Mining: 83.43 (+2.31)Small Producers: 86.36 (+3.91)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) is buying a 100% interest in Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) Bousquet gold property, situated immediately west and south of the former’s LaRonde gold mine in northwestern Quebec.Incl…
Vancouver — NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) has tabled a positive scoping study of the Rock Creek project, near Nome, Alaska.Early this year, NovaGold accelerated its evaluation of the project after Place…
Mining-contractor-turned-miner Dynatec (DY-T) has taken an option to earn a 53% interest in the Ambatovy nickel laterite project in Madagascar from Phelps Dodge (PD-N).Dynatec, which absorbed the tech…
The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index regained lost ground, and then some, ending the Aug. 6-12 report period 214.96 points higher at 7,354.02.The surge was powered by gold, which jumped US$8.10 …
In late July, the silver price closed at US$5.19 per oz. on New York’s Commodities Exchange (Comex) — the highest spot price recorded in more than three years.The significant increase reflects a posi…
Vancouver — Junior Goldbrook Ventures (GBK-V) has added ground to its promising portfolio of projects in the Ungava region of Quebec.The Michael Magrum-led company inked two deals, one with Inlet Res…
Vancouver — South Africa’s second-largest gold producer has acquired Outokumpu’s 49% stake in the Arctic platinum project in northern Finland.Gold Fields (GFI-N), which already owns 51% of the projec…
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