Las Cristinas costs rise, permit still pending
An updated feasibility study of the large, low-grade Las Cristinas gold-copper project Venezuela has boosted capita…
Regulatory Issues
Xstrata boosts its Falco stake
Zug, Switzerland-based, diversified base metal miner Xstrata (XTA-L) has agreed to buy some 370,000 additional shar…
bcMetals gets environmental approval for Red Chris
Vancouver – bcMetals (C-V) has received provincial government environmental approval for its Red Chris copper-gold …
Aurogin gets environmental nod at El Sastre (August 23, 2005)
Guatemala’s Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources has approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA…
Tasiast a go, Salave a question (August 22, 2005)
Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) says it does not expect a recent coup in Mauritania to have an impact on its plan to …
Metallica jumps on permit ruling
Metallica Resources (MR-T) says that Mexico’s Federal Court of Appeals has overturned a previous nullification of t…
Coeur gets EPA approval for Kensington
Vancouver – With final EPA permits in hand, Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) is commencing construction on its Kensingto…
Partners crank up Klipgat (June 23, 2005)
The South African government has granted Etruscan Diamonds a mining permit for the Klipgat concession, 40 km east o…
Birch Mountain’s limestone quarry approved
Vancouver – Birch Mountain Resources (BMD-V) has received provincial approval for its Muskeg Valley limestone quarr…
J.P. Morgan dropped from manipulation suit
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM-N) says that New Orleans-based coin and bullion dealer Blanchard & Co. has dismissed w…
Lonmin grabs control of Southern Platinum
Lonmin’s (LMI-L) all-cash offer for Southern Platinum (SPC-T) has netted the world’s third-largest platinum produce…
Kinross seeks extension for annual meeting
Kinross Gold (K-T) will seek court permission to delay its 2005 annual meeting past June 30, as a review of its fin…