Barrick bid for NovaGold woos Grace from Pioneer
Vancouver – The strategic rationale behind Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) all-cash bids for NovaGold Resources (NG-…
Copper
Phelps troika circles the wagons (July 24, 2006)
Facing a recently sweetened competing bid, and looming July 28 deadline for Falconbridge’s (FAL-T, FAL-N) shareholders’ rights plan, Inco (N-T, N-N) has increased the cash portion of its offer for its…
Quadra tables bid for copper producer Equatorial
Vancouver – Upstart copper producer Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) has launched a takeover offer for Australian-bas…
Freeport earnings up on higher prices (July 19, 2006)
Despite lower copper and gold production from the Grasberg operation in Indonesia, higher metal prices let Freeport…
Sherwood aims to fast-track Minto
Vancouver – Armed with a newly released positive feasibility study, Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) plans to fast-track co…
Imperial and Taseko boost potential of respective B.C. copper mines
Vancouver — Ongoing exploration efforts by two separate companies have expanded resources and the operating lives …
Equinox revises Lumwana figures
While the market initially reacted harshly to news from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) regarding rising capital costs at its Lumwana copper project in Zambia, with time, the market came to see the…
Zaruma board survives coup
Gold and copper hopeful Zaruma Resources (ZMR-T, ZMRAF-O) is free to proceed with a financing deal that would see construction at its Luz del Cobre copper project in Mexico financed by Swiss-based met…
Study models potential 17-year mine life for Turnagain
Vancouver — Hard Creek Nickel (HNC-V, HNCKF-O) has received the preliminary assessment study for its Turnagain nickel deposit in northern British Columbia….
Wolfden gets positive numbers on Arctic projects (July 17, 2006)
Preliminary economic assessments of the Izok, Ulu and High Lake deposits in Nunavut’s western mainland, prepared for owner Wolfden Resources (WLF-V, WFDNF-O), indicate positive economics when the thre…
Preliminary economics on Marathon positive (July 17, 2006)
A preliminary economic assessment of the Marathon copper-palladium-platinum deposit in the Coldwell intrusive complex near Marathon, Ont., shows an open-pit mine could be profitable at recent metal pr…
NovaGold and Pioneer battle over merit of Grace
Vancouver An ongoing dispute over the merit of the Grace claims has not deterred NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) …