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Bids for bcMetals climb higher
Vancouver — Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) has jumped into the lead in the ongoing bidding war for bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O), recently leap-frogging ahead of a competing offer by Imperial Metals (III-T, I…
More Mahala high-grade for Queenstake (January 29, 2007)
Vancouver — Beleaguered gold producer Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) enjoyed some positive news recently, with underground exploration drilling on its Mahala deposit returning further high-grade…
Cross Lake gets mine permit
Vancouver — Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-T, CRNKF-O) is gearing up to restart its QR gold mine this summer after having an amended permit application approved by British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy, Mi…
Typhoon winds down on resource estimate (January 29, 2007)
It isn’t the reception a junior looks for when it announces a resource estimate, but Typhoon Exploration (TOO-V, TPHXF-O) found its shares falling 20% recently on the release of an estimate from its F…
Alexis nearing production decision at Lac Herbin
Alexis Minerals’ (AMC-V, AXSMF-O) recent drill results have increased the gold resource at its Lac Herbin gold project near Val d’Or, Que., where the company expects to make a production decision this…
Alexandria drills Cadillac in Val d’Or
Alexandria Minerals (AZX-V) has resumed a 15,000-metre drilling program at the Oramaque gold property in Val d’Or, Que., which it started just before Christmas.
Ivanhoe looks beyond Oyu Tolgoi
Vancouver — Looking beyond its flagship Oyu Tolgoi property in Mongolia, Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) says it has found a series of related iron oxide copper-gold systems, some of …
UPDATE:Taseko again ups stakes in bcMetals battle
Vancouver — Only hours after Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) briefly took the lead in the bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O)…
Strike stalls IamGold mine in Suriname
Vancouver – IamGold (IMG-T, IAG-N, IGD-A) has suspended production at its Rosebel mine in Suriname due to what the …
Swift death for Western Areas hedge book (January 25, 2007)
Gold Fields (GFI-N, GFI-L, GFI-J) has killed off the hedge book it inherited in its takeover of South Deeps gold pr…
Egypt looks to step on to global mining stage
While the recent trend in some developing countries has been to decry foreign direct investment and increase state …