Teck Cominco Digs Oilsands
Vancouver — Since entering into its first oilsands investment in late 2005, Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) seems to be developing a taste for the petroleum side of the resource industry. The Vancouver…
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Statoil Moves Into Oilsands With NAOS Takeover
It’s the hollowing out of Canadian private equity: North American Oil Sands, owned by Paramount Resources (POU-T, PRMRF-O), the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and a number of energy funds, has agreed…
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $663.50 -3.50 Silver $13.07 +0.05 Platinum $1299.00 -24.00 Palladium $374.00 +14.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $24.37 +0.24 Lead $0.98 +0.05 Copper $3.43…
Buenaventura knocks out more hedges (May 25, 2007)
Minas Buenaventura (BVN-N) has bought out its 2009 gold hedging commitments, removing another 248,000 oz. from its …
Dynamite acquiring Kyrgyz uranium properties
A takeover bid for a privately-held British company would give Dynamite Resources (DNR-V) a pair of uranium project…
Aurelian donwplays government grab in Ecuador
News from Ecuador saying the government is considering a 70 to 80% grab on the earnings of foreign mining and oil c…
Supplier News (May 25, 2007)
Glencairn gives AMEC greenlight, buys old millGlencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) has hired London-based engineering …
Martison phosphate estimate tabled
Joint venture partners PhosCan Chemical (FOS-V) and Baltic Resources (BLR-V) have published a new resource estimate…
Great Basin doubles Nevada gold estimate
Vancouver — After 16,750 metres of underground drilling, Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-X) has announced their Holli…
Earnings: Plato Gold
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands except per-share figur…
Norilsk bid superior, says LionOre Board
The board of LionOre Mining International (LIM-T, LMGGF-O, LOR-L) has determined the $27.50-per-share bid for the c…
Endeavour takes all of Guanacevi
Shares of Endeavour Silver (EDR-T, EXK-X) fell after the Vancouver-based company said it will issue shares to take …