Midlands makes progress at Sian in Ghana
The Sian project in the Ashanti gold belt of Ghana is yielding solid assay results for Midlands Minerals (MEX-…
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BHP to take offer for Potash Corp. directly to shareholders
A day after the first approach by BHP Billiton (BHP-N) for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (POT-T, POT-N) w…
Riverstone finishing up drilling, waiting for results
Thousands of artisanal miners have been digging shaft after shaft all over the Nami permit at Riverstone Resou…
Potash Corp. rejects BHP’s buyout bid
BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) unsolicited buyout offer for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (POT-T, POT-N) for $130…
Gold Canyon pulls long gold intercepts from Springpole
Vancouver – The first summer drill results at Gold Canyon Resources’ (GCU-V) Springpole project have returned …
Chinese company goes ahead with Nunavik nickel mine
Construction of the Nunavik nickel project is back on track with a start up goal of early 2012 now that Jien C…
Consolidated Thompson reaches key milestones in Quebec
In late July Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (CLM-T) shipped the first iron ore concentrate to its Chinese st…
What’s in store for Endeavour?
SITE VISIT GUANAJUATO, MEXICO — Endeavour Silver (EDR-T) has a plan. So far, the plan has worked well: in six years the company has gone from an upstart explorer to…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -August 3-6
The Civic Holiday-shortened Aug. 3-6 period saw the TSX composite index rise 18 points to 11,799.97. The index was helped along by stronger metal and oil prices as crude marched to above the US$81 a b…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -August 3-6
The S&P/TSX Venture composite index made modest gains over the Civic Holidayshortened Aug. 3-6 period to close up 38.12 points at 1,465.48. Daily trading volumes were average at 100 million.
U.S. MARKETS -August 2-6
Markets rose during the Aug. 2-6 trading period, with some of the major mining companies making some significant gains and gold rising back over the US$1,200-per-oz. level.
Richfield redefines Blackwater
VANCOUVER– Richfield Ventures (RVC-V) continues to expand the Blackwater gold project in central British Columbia, with another round of long gold intercepts.