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Brimstone Gold (BSC-V) has changed its name to Foxpoint Resources (FPR-V) on a 1-new-for-15-old-share basis.

Vancouver-based Fairfield Minerals (FFD-T) has shipped its remaining gold bullion to an Ontario refiner for upgrading to the North American standard of 9999 purity.The bullion produced gold credits of…

Swiss trader Glencore International and First Quantum Minerals (FM-V) have moved a step closer to completing a deal with the government of Zambia and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) to buy a 9…

Montreal-based GeoNova Explorations (GNE-M) has signed a preliminary agreement to buy the Bachelor Lake gold mine and mill facilities for $5.6 million in cash and debt plus 3 million GeoNova shares.Si…

Junior Twin Gold (TWG-T) has identified four dykes and 10 anomalies in an airborne survey over its diamond property in northern Quebec.The magnetic-electromagnetic survey on the northeastern section o…

Noranda (N-T) has revised its agreement with Metallica Resources (MR-T) over the Chilean copper porphyry target known as El Morro.Under the new agreement, Noranda can earn a 70% interest in the proper…

Decreased gold production, lower prices and a $7.8-million writedown of mining assets combined to produce more red ink for Richmont Mines (RIC-T) during 1999.The Montreal-based gold miner churned out …

Armed with $1.3 million from a private placement, diamond-hunter Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has begun ground geophysical surveys on three properties in the Northwest Territories.At the 17,600-ha …

Ongoing surface rock sampling is enabling Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-T) to enhance a promising bulk-tonnage target at the Luicho gold project in southern Peru.The company efforts are aimed at expanding t…