QGX prices $35 million offering
Vancouver – Mongolian-focused metals and coal explorer QGX (QGX-T, QGXLF-O) has priced its planned $35 million publ…
Copper
Rubicon proposes three-way split (November 22, 2005)
Vancouver – A proposed corporate reorganization will have Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) split into three separate…
Northern Peru Copper drills hot hole at Galeno (November 18, 2005)
Vancouver – Continuing its trend of pulling long mineralized intersections, Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) d…
Battle for Orphan Boy continues
Vancouver — A legal battle for control of Orphan Boy Resources (ORS-V) is set for another round even after the Sup…
Phelps Dodge sells some downstream assets
In two separate transactions, copper producer Phelps Dodge (PD-N) is selling all its specialty-chemicals business a…
Hamlin showing grows with drilling (November 16, 2005)
A copper-gold showing in the Shebandowan volcanic belt west of Thunder Bay is proving to be a long zone of minerali…
Stealth lures Placer to Toodoggone
Vancouver An option agreement with Stealth Minerals (SML-V) gives Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) rights to acquire ma…
Editorial: Hermit junta heads for the hills
Plenty of national governments have moved their country’s capital from a commercial centre out to the boonies, but …
Capstone Gold gets Cozamin resource number
Vancouver – An initial resource estimate has been completed on Capstone Gold’s (CSG-T, CSGLF-O) Cozamin copper-silv…
Infill drilling enhances New Afton
Vancouver With an infill drilling program nearing completion, New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) sees potential to enhance a…
Ivanhoe posts strong third-quarter
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) third-quarter results show strong revenue growth and a cut into losses, but varying de…
Asarco strike ends
Reorganizing copper miner Asarco has stuck a tentative deal to end a 4-month strike by some 1,500 unionized workers…