Barrick extends NovaGold bid, again
Vancouver — Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has again extended its takeover bid for NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X), pushing back the expiry date for the offer until Oct. 24.
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Beacon mill sold
Northern Star Mining (NSM-V, NSMSF-O) continues its garage-sale prowl in northwestern Quebec’s Abitibi region. Having already bought a bargain headframe and hoist for its underground operation at Midw…
Crescent Gold nears production Down Under
LAVERTON MINE TO POUR GOLD BY YEAR-END
Editorial: McEwen’s right, but does anyone still care?
While Rob McEwen and Ian Telfer are two of mining’s most successful CEOs, you couldn’t get more pronounced differences in personality and style, with McEwen, the obsessive maverick, embodying the clas…
Westchester Resouces wants back into the mineral sector
Westchester Resources (WSR-T) is getting in on Guyana Goldfields’ (GUY-T) Peters Mine property in Guyana and the n…
Rio Tinto coming to Oyu Tolgoi
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) wowed the market by laying the groundwork for a partnership with Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) in …
Colombia attracts mining’s heavy hitters
Marmato, Colombia — Efforts by Colombian authorities to attract international mining investment are bearing fruit …
Lihir to take over Ballarat (October 17, 2006)
Lihir Gold (LIHR-Q, LHG-A) has offered to take over Ballarat Goldfields (BGF-L, BGF-A) in an all-paper merger that …
Goldcorp sees the future in Penasquito
It turns out that the driving force behind the proposed merger between Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and Glamis Gold (GLG-T, GLG-N) is the Penasquito project in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, a low-grade, bulk-tonn…
Centerra fighting to set the right example with Boroo (October 16, 2006)
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Andean American expands gold zone at Invicta
Vancouver — Initial drilling by Andean American Mining (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) at its Invicta gold-silver-copper project in west-central Peru has returned a significant mineralized interval….
Quaterra tests Los Crestones
Vancouver — A 6-hole drill program by Quaterra Resources (QTA-V, QURAF-O) will test a hot spring gold-silver system at the 56.5-sq.-km Los Crestones property, situated 12 km east of the Inde mining d…