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People (May 01, 2006)
Apex Minerals — Mark Ashley appointed managing director; Kim Robinson appointed director; Mark Bennett to be appointed exploration director….
Suppliers News (May 01, 2006)
Caterpillar profits skyrocket…
Blue Pearl eyes Davidson connector (May 01, 2006)
Underground drilling on the Lower zone at the Davidson molybdenum project, 10 km west of Smithers, B.C., continues to return encouraging results for Blue Pearl Mining (BLE-T, BLEFF-O)….
Lisbon Valley produces copper
Vancouver — Denver, Colo.-based Constellation Copper (CCU-T, CCUDF-O) has harvested the first cathode copper at its wholly owned Lisbon Valley mine near Moab, in Utah’s San Juan Cty….
Midway shaping up zone near Tonopah (May 01, 2006)
A 43-hole drill program by Midway Gold (MDW-V, MDWGF-O) at its Midway property in Nye Cty., Nev., has wrapped up and results show an expansion of at least one of the property’s mineralized zones….
Antofagasta gets Tethyan (April 28, 2006)
Shareholders of Tethyan Copper (TYCFF-O, TYC-A) have tendered about 96% of their shares to a takeover offer fro…
Ekati mine unfazed by strike
Three weeks into its first-ever strike, BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) 7-year-old Ekati diamond mine, about 300 km northeas…
Strike looms over Yanacocha (April 28, 2006)
Roughly two weeks after a group of workers at Latin America’s biggest mine returned to work, miners at Peru’s Yanac…
Falconbridge pushes through labour pains
The next few weeks promise to be busy on the labour relations front for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N). The base me…
New Cantech tables Lucky Ship moly resource (April 28, 2006)
Vancouver – A mineral resource estimate is now in hand for New Cantech Ventures’ (NCV-V, NCTVF-O) Lucky Ship molybd…
Rio Tinto to build Hope Downs iron mine in Western Australia
Vancouver – Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) is commencing mine construction at the massive Hope Downs iron ore project in …