Editorial: World’s stock markets head south
Panic in the global stock markets gripped a little tighter during the week ended Jan. 19, the third trading week of 2008, and metal prices and mining stocks were swept along in the crowd’s rush for th…
Regulatory Issues
Letter to the editor: Maintaining P.Geo. accreditation
With professional-geoscientist registration in every jurisdiction in Canada, there is a necessity for P. Geos to ma…
Waiting for Godot – in Mongolia
SITE VISIT Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia — Trying to figure out if and when Mongolia will approve an investment agreement — and on what terms — is like trying to read…
Zambia to raise mining taxes
Vancouver — A significantly increased effective tax rate is bad news for companies interested in mining in Zambia, but it seems proposed hikes in the country’s mining taxes will not affect those majo…
Zambian president proposes increased mining taxes
Vancouver – A significantly increased effective tax rate is bad news for companies interested in mining in Zambia …
IMA loses last grab at Navidad (January 07, 2008)
Vancouver — The battle over the Navidad silver project, in Argentina, is finally at an end. The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed IMA Exploration’s (IMR-V, IMR-X) leave to appeal a previous lower…
Michigan approves Eagle mine (December 31, 2007)
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals will be going ahead with its Eagle nickel-copper mine in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, following approval by the state’s Department of E…
Asian Mineral gets Ban Phuc mining licence
Vancouver – With receipt of a mining licence for its Ban Phuc massive sulphide nickel deposit in northwestern Vietn…
Michigan approves Eagle mine (December 17, 2007)
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) subsidiary Kennecott Eagle Minerals will be going ahead with its Eagle nickel-coppe…
Cold winds blow in Romania for Gabriel
Gabriel Resources (GBU-T, GBRRF-O) is slashing jobs and ending its land acquisition program at Europe’s largest undeveloped gold project as it becomes clearer that the current government has little in…
Cold winds in Romania for Gabriel
The fallout from the Romanian government’s suspension of the environmental impact assessment for Gabriel Resources …
Canadians lead new Scramble for Africa
London, U.K. — Africa is endowed with an abundance of natural resources, particularly minerals — hence the “Scramble for Africa” of the pre-colonization era in the 18th and early 19th centuries, whe…