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Aber Diamond — Laurent Mommeja appointed director.

Toronto-based Crystallex International (KRY-T) has launched a bid to acquire the rest of the shares of El Callao Mining (ECM-V) that it does not already own.

Drilling by Aquiline Resources (AQI-V) has intersected 5 metres grading 15.2 grams gold per tonne at depth on the Calcatreu gold-silver project in Argentina’s Rio Negro province.

Vancouver — Atna Resources (ATN-T) has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the former Pinson gold mine in Nevada from Barrick Gold (ABX-T).

Vancouver — Good news follows bad for Miramar Mining‘s (MAE-T) wholly owned Hope Bay gold project, near Bathurst Inlet in Nunavut: little more than three weeks after being notified of a delay in permitting for the Doris North d…

The US$654-million Collahuasi Rosario mine in Chile, co-owned by Falconbridge (FL-T) and Anglo American (AAUK-Q), is producing copper ahead of schedule and under budget.

Vancouver — StrataGold (SGV-V) has optioned the 14.2-sq.-km Tassawini gold property in northwestern Guyana.

Anatolia Minerals (ANOU-T) has defined considerable gold following reverse-circulation drilling at its pler project in east-central Turkey.

QGX (QGX-V) has reported impressive assays from 17 holes drilled on its Golden Hills project in western Mongolia.

With no assurance its operating licence will be renewed, Metallica Resources (MR-T) has suspended construction of the Cerro San Pedro heap-leach gold-silver mine in Mexico.

Afcan Mining (AFK-T) is encouraged by drill results from its Tanjianshan gold project in west- central China.

BM Diamondcorp (BDI-V) has intersected significant gold in three holes drilled on its Woodlark Island project, 300 km east of mainland Papua New Guinea.