Exmin, Hochschilds not finicky about Moris
Vancouver-based junior Exmin Resources (EXM-V, EXMFF-O) has teamed up with Peru’s Hochschild Mining Group to buy the closed Santa Maria de Moris heap-leach gold-silver mine located in the Moris distri…
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North American Palladium boosts output at Lac des les
Vancouver — With underground operations now fully on-stream, North American Palladium’s (PDL-T, PAL-X) Lac des les mine, just north of Thunder Bay, Ont., showed improved performance over its second-…
The Uzbek taxman cometh (August 14, 2006)
The government of Uzbekistan has seized some gold and banned further shipments of the yellow metal from Newmont Mining’s (NMC-T, NEM-N) 50%-owned Zarafshan heap-leach operation in the Kyzylkum desert,…
Eureka! Positive study on Miheevskoye
London-listed developer Eureka Mining (ERKMF-O, EKA-L) will go to a final feasibility study on its Miheevskoye copper-gold deposit in Russia following a prefeasibility study that concluded a 25-millio…
Newmont sees strong earnings in Q2
Vancouver — Shares of Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) slipped almost 5% the same day it announced earnings of US$161 million (36 per share) in its latest second quarter, up 83% from last year’s corres…
More mineralization at Belahouro (August 14, 2006)
In a drilling program designed to expand the known resource on the Belahouro property in northern Burkina Faso, Goldbelt Resources (GLD-V, GLDRF-O) has intersected extensions of mineralization on both…
Young-Davidson story grows with Northgate exploration
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More Oxus licence woes
London-based developer Oxus Gold (OXUSF-O, OXS-L) says it is “reviewing its legal options” after the announcement from Kyrgyzstan that the state mining agency Kyrgyzaltyn had engaged a new joint-ventu…
Dominion hangs on high U price (August 14, 2006)
A uranium mine at SXR Uranium One’s (SXR-T, SXRFF-O, SXR-J) Dominion project near Klerksdorp, South Africa, would be very sensitive to uranium prices, a feasibility study says….
TNM on Market Matters radio
On Saturday, Aug. 12, catch Northern Miner editor John Cumming speaking about junior gold stocks with Michael L. Le…
Goldcorp nearly doubles Q2 earnings to US$190 million
Vancouver – After digesting the producing Canadian assets of Placer Dome, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has turned in a stel…
Teck Cominco looks at bigger Australian footprint (August 10, 2006)
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — There were a lot of people who thought Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) chief executi…