Cameco prepares for less cash in Q4 (November 19, 2007)
Record-breaking uranium prices have continued to mask the setbacks that Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has been confronting over the last year, with third-quarter net earnings reaching $275 million.
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Editorial: BHP Billiton eyes Rio Tinto in mining’s biggest-ever deal
The mining industry’s merger mania returned to the very top of the food chain during the week ended Nov. 10, the 45th trading week of 2007.
Consmin board good with Palmary offer (November 19, 2007)
The board of Australian chromium and manganese producer Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L, CSM-A) is sticking with its recommendation that shareholders accept a cash takeover offer from Ukrainian businessm…
Bayswater rises on near-surface uranium at Anna Lake
Uranium intersections from the Central Mineral Belt in Labrador that stretched up to 40 metres long, gave Bayswater Uranium (BAY-V) shares a 10% boost recently.
Keegan gets first gold resource from Ghana
Keegan Resources’ (KGN-V, KGNRF-O) first resource estimate for its Esaase gold property in southwest Ghana is in, and the market liked what it saw.
VMS raises $19.5M for Reed Lake
Vancouver — The first drill results from the Reed Lake copper-zinc discovery made waves in the market in recent weeks. Now VMS Ventures (VMS-V, VMSTF-O) has raised $19.5 million to fund continued exp…
Dome Lemieux nothing if not complicated
SITE VISIT Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Que. — “Are we sitting on a magmatic deposit?” asks an investor on a recent tour of Threegold Resources’ (THG-V, TRLDF-O) Dome Lemieux project, as he joins…
Golden Band moves toward production
SITE VISIT La Ronge, Sask. — After more than a decade of land acquisition and exploration on its La Ronge gold belt projects in northern Saskatchewan, the crew of Golden…
Los Andes studies Las Vizcachitas
SITE VISIT Santiago, Chile — Vancouver-based Los Andes Copper (LA-V, LSANF-O) plans to begin a prefeasibility study at its Las Vizcachitas copper project in central Chile by the middle of…
NA Tungsten launches Mactung study
Vancouver — Strongly bullish on tungsten’s outlook, North American Tungsten (NTC-V, NATUF-O) has begun a feasibility study on its large Mactung project, near MacMillan Pass on the Yukon-Northwest Ter…
Katanga and Nikanor to form African copper giant
Katanga Mining (KAT-T, KATFF-O) and Nikanor (nkr-l) are planning a merger that would create Africa’s biggest copper producer and become the world’s biggest cobalt producer by 2011.
Benton, Teck set drill targets
Benton Resources (BTC-V, BNRJF-O) has assayed the last of 324 grab samples taken this summer from its Kingurutik Lake copper-nickel-cobalt property in Labrador, confirming mineralization in numerous z…