Invicta gold intersections buoy Andean American
Drill results from Andean American Mining’s (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) Invicta project in Peru include 14.4 metres grading 7.8 grams gold per tonne, 75.9 grams silver and 1.74% copper.
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Palmary increases Consmin offer
The board of Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L, CSM-A) has recommended an improved bid for the company from Belize-based Palmary Enterprises, a vehicle of Ukrainian businessman Henadiy Boholyubov.
Tyler board rejects Mercator bid (November 26, 2007)
The board of Tyler Resources (TYS-V, TYRRF-O) has rejected a takeover bid from Mercator Minerals (ML-T, MLKKF-O) that values the company at $139 million. It also fired an exploration shot in its resis…
Western Copper grows Carmacks oxide resource (November 23, 2007)
Vancouver – A new resource estimate for Western Coppers (WRN-T) Carmacks copper project in the Yukon has added ove…
Mirabela resource grows
Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) has calculated a new resource for its Santa Rita hard-rock nickel deposit in Brazil,…
Forecasters put Copper up and zinc down for 2008
In their report on copper and zinc prices, Scotia Capital analysts Onno Rutten and Lawrence Smith upped their coppe…
Dorato soars on Peruvian acquisition plans (November 21, 2007)
Vancouver – Dorato Resources (DRI.H-V, DRIFF-O) has emerged from a trading halt with plans to acquire a major land …
Nachingwea results give Continental huge boost
Vancouver – Assay results from the companys first seven holes into the Nachingwea nickel sulphide project in Tanza…
First Metals begins production at Fabie Bay
First Metals (FMA-T) is finally shipping ore from its Fabie Bay open pit in Rouyn-Noranda, Que.Ore is being cru…
Aguablanca getting bigger for Lundin
Lundin Minings (LUN-T, LMC-N, LUMI-O) late summer acquisition of Rio Narcea and its Aguablanca project in southern…
Ironing out possible mega merger
Spurned by the board of Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) in a friendly approach, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP-A) has made its proposal for a US$138-billion all-share bid public in an attempt to brin…
Mongolia’s minefield
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — Mining executives at the recent Discover Mongolia 2007 Conference spoke out strongly against controversial mining laws they claim are strangling mine development and urged the…