QGX weathering Mongolia’s tax storm (August 25, 2006)
It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to develop a deposit in a young democracy. Sometimes all the work gets rew…
Copper
Equinox boosts Lumwana bought deal
Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) has boosted the size of its recently announced bought deal financing, with a tota…
General Minerals to spin-out silver-focused company
Vancouver – Appreciated prices and fundamentals for silver have prompted General Minerals (GNM-T) to spin-off cert…
Chariot off and running on results from Peru
Intersects from its Marcona Copper property in Peru pushed Chariot Resources’ (CHD-T) shares up on heavy volume. …
NovaGold starts construction of Rock Creek gold mine
Vancouver – The state of Alaska and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have issued the necessary permits for NovaGol…
Boddington gets the green light
On care and maintenance since the last of the oxide reserves were mined out at the end of 2001, the Boddington gold mine in Australia received the go-ahead earlier this year for a US$1.35-US$1.5 billi…
Freeport earnings up on higher prices (August 20, 2006)
Despite lower copper and gold production from the Grasberg operation in Indonesia, higher metal prices let Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) make net income of US$367 million on revenue of US…
Vietnam rising
It has been 20 years since Vietnam decided to loosen its totalitarian grip on the economy and open its arms to foreign investment. The policy change was dubbed “Doi Moi,” or “Renovation” in 1986, and…
Mindoro stays the course in the Philippines
Vancouver — Philippines-focused metals explorer Mindoro Resources (MIO-V, MNODF-O) has undertaken an ambitious program of drill-testing on several prospects in its large portfolio of precious and bas…
Falco concedes
A year-long quest is finally coming to an end for Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L, with Falconbridge’s (FAL-T, FAL-N) board of directors effectively handing over the reins of the iconic Canadian mining compan…
Maybe not to be: NAP exits stage left at Shakespeare
North American Palladium (PDL-T), through its subsidiary, Lac des Iles Mines, has walked away from option agreement…
Management at Escondida digs in
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L), the largest stake holder in Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, has broken off…