Wheaton tops up the till (August 24, 2004)
Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has arranged a US$300 million acquisition facility with HVB Group, Germany’s second-…
Gold
Ovacik mine shut down – sale on hold
Vancouver – The recent shut down of Newmont’s (NEM-N) Ovacik gold mine in Turkey has deferred its proposed sale to…
Higher metal recoveries for Minera Andes
Vancouver – Metallurgical testing on Huevos Verdes gold-silver vein material has delivered a pleasant surprise, hig…
Osisko hitting shallow gold
Osisko Exploration (OSK-V) continues to intersect significant gold at shallow depth at its Barry gold project 180 k…
Zaruma sizes up Realito (August 20, 2004)
Zaruma Resources (ZMR-T) has tabled an initial resource estimate for the Realito structure on the 97-sq.-km San Ant…
Sur tests Comval
Trial mining and metallurgical test work by Sur American Gold (SUR-V) indicates that the high-grade Tarale and Bato…
NovaGold delivers further results from Galore Creek
Vancouver – Having recently tabled a positive scoping study on its wholly owned Galore Creek copper-gold-silver pro…
Major upgrade of Ivanhoe’s Oyu Tolgoi resource
Vancouver – All of the copper and gold resources within planned open pits at the southern portion of Ivanhoe Mines’…
Vantex tests Guillet
Initial channel sampling on zones A-East, A-North and C in the Lake Expanse area of the Guillet property in Temisca…
Crystallex improves economics at Las Cristinas (August 17, 2004)
Crystallex International (KRY-T) in conjunction with mining consultants SNC Lavalin Engineers & Constructors, have…
Miramar’s Doris North dealt further delay
Vancouver – Miramar Mining (MAE-T) has suffered another setback on planned development of the Doris North gold depo…
Bank willing to loan $1 billion for Cerro Casale
Vancouver – A major international bank has reportedly offered $1 billion in the form of a loan toward financing the…