Freeport defends Phelps takeover after US$14B net-loss
Vancouver – Impairment and goodwill charges primarily related to Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) acquisiti…
Gold
More than a wish for Golden Hope
Assay results from Golden Hope Mines (GNH-V) confirm that the company has hit upon a second mineralized body at its…
Small-scale production helps Impact explore large Mexican project
Vancouver – Impact Silver (IPT-V) has slowly been ramping up production from its small-scale mines in central …
Livengood grows to 6.8 million oz. gold for Tower Hill
Vancouver – International Tower Hill Mines’ (ITH-V) Livengood gold project seems to have it all: a significant…
Andean Resources drills 32 metres grading 35 grams gold
Vancouver – Deep step-out drilling on the Eureka West vein has expanded the size of zones showing bonanza-grade gol…
First Uranium nails US$125m and $61.5m in two deals
First Uranium (FIU-T, FUM-J) has announced a bought deal private placement financing of $61.5 million, anticipate…
Update: Chilean copper producer buys controlling stake in Explorator Chile
Vancouver – Explorator Resources (EXO-V) is selling a 51% stake in its Chilean subsidiary, Explorator Chile, to int…
Serra Pelada Returns Colossal Results
Drilling at the site of Brazil’s epic 1980s gold rush at Serra Pelada is yielding spectacular results for joint-venture partners Colossus Minerals (CSI-T, COLUF-O) and Coomigasp, a 45,000-strong co-op…
B2Gold Advances Gramalote
With the latest results from more than 30,000 metres worth of diamond drilling at its Gramalote gold property in Colombia in hand, B2Gold (BTO-T, BGLPF-O) is expecting to release a resource estimate s…
Record Production For Semafo
At a time when miners have been hard pressed to deliver good news, Semafo (SMF-T, SEMFF-O) has managed to pull out a nugget for the market.
Anatolia Lands Loan To Advance Copler
VANCOUVER –UniCredit Group, a major European bank, has approved a US$62.5-million debt facility for Anatolia Minerals Development’s (ANO-T, ALIAF-O) Copler gold project in Turkey.
New CEO Not Looking To Transform Barrick
Despite his relative youth, Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N)new president and CEO, Aaron Regent, has taken some of Canada’s largest companies through difficult times.