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News March 18, 2005

Partners target Aviat kimberlites (March 18, 2005)

Encouraged by the success of their 2004 sampling program, partners Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T), BHP Billiton (BHP-N) …

News March 15, 2005

Intrepid firms up Kamila resource (March 15, 2005)

Intrepid Minerals (IAU-T) has cut significant silver and gold while drilling the resource at its Kamila zone, one o…

News March 14, 2005

BHP Billiton bids US$7.3b for WMC Resources

BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has bid US$7.3 billion in cash for Australian-based WMC Resources (WMC-N). The offer translates as A$7.85 per share, for a total value of A$9…

News March 14, 2005

International Royalty IPO raises $180 million

Vancouver — New mineral royalty company International Royalty (IRC-T) has hit the boards with one of the larger junior-mining initial public offerings (IPOs) recently seen, raising…

News March 14, 2005

BHP bids for WMC

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Diamonds North's Regional Exploration Manager Bruce Kienlen samples the 1,690-sq.-km Amaruk diamond project, on the mainland across from the Melville Peninsula, about 45 km south of Kugaaruk. Amaruk is one the company's many properties in Canada's Far North.

News March 7, 2005

Diamond fever fuels staking rush in Canada’s Far North

Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V) has picked up prospecting permits covering 50,100 sq. km (12.4 million acres) in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, based on the results of a $2…

Map credit: Mincor ResourcesTenements at Mincor's Widgiemooltha project in Western Australia.

News March 7, 2005

Australia’s nickel boom

Perth, Western Australia — In mid-February, nickel miner Mincor Resources had a sharp share price spike that was a day’s best on the Australian Stock Exchange….

News March 7, 2005

Base metals gain

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From left: Lumina Copper's Chilean General Manager John Selters, Vice-President of Exploration Leo Hathaway and Chairman Ross Beaty examine core at the Regalito copper project in northern Chile.

News February 28, 2005

Lumina Copper sees Regalito as its shining star

Copiapo, Chile — The old adage of “buy low, sell high” was not wasted on Lumina Copper‘s (LCC-T) business plan and project acquisition strategy back in 2002-03….

News February 28, 2005

Crown Diamonds, Petra plan merger

Vancouver — A proposed marriage between Australian-listed Crown Diamonds and South African-based Petra Diamonds (PDL-L) would create a diversified producer and e…

News February 25, 2005

Int’l Royalty launches IPO raising $180 million

Vancouver — New mineral royalty company International Royalty (IRC-T) has hit the boards with one of the larger ju…

News February 21, 2005

BHP Billiton’s profits soar

The report period ended Feb. 15 was punctuated by the world’s biggest mining company’s banking the world’s biggest mining profit. For the second half of 2004, BHP Billiton posted re…

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