Land deal paves way for Torex
Torex Gold Resources’ (TXG-T) work on the community relations side of the mining business is bearing fruit.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Correction
The article “Lundin’s NGEx targets copper and gold in Chile” (TNM, April 9–15/12) incorrectly stated that Teck Resources had earned a 51% interest last year in NGEx Resources’ GJ-Kinaskan project in B.C. In fact, Teck is an…
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