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Fortuna Operations Manager Jorge Ganoza Aicardi (centre) stands in front of the Animas vein portal with Caylloma staff. The vein has been explored by underground methods on two levels along a strike length of 1,800 metres.

News August 8, 2005

Soft market delays new silver play

Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-V) is piecing together another financing after an initial attempt to raise money for the purchase and revitalization of the Caylloma silver…

Geologist Arnand Van Heerden submitted Earth Breaking Reflection, a photo depicting three drills working under moonlight at Gold Field's Tarkwa gold mine in Ghana. The photo was awarded second prize.

News August 1, 2005

Gecko takes top prize in photo contest

In the end, it was a gecko, some drill rigs and some mud that most inspired renowned Aussie mining photographer Richard Woldendorp, the judge in consulting firm Snowden’s inaugural mining photo compet…

Mining personnel from Manhattan Minerals walk through the village of Tambogrande in northwestern Peru in 1999. Local opposition to Manhattan and its Tambo Grande project eventually scuttled the company's plans to develop rich polymetallic deposits under and near the town.

News July 25, 2005

Anti-mining protests grow in Peru

Lima, Peru — Judging by the figures, Peruvians should feel real affection for their mining industry. The sector provides tens of thousands of jobs, generated more than US$6 billion in exports last ye…

News July 25, 2005

Copper the only bright spot

U.S. stock markets rose steadily through the first four days of the reporting period July 12-18, but the gains were almost wiped out on the final day of the period. The S&P 500 index was up 1.69 p…

News July 11, 2005

Thistle restructures

The debt-to-equity conversion plan to get Thistle Mining (THT-T) out of insolvency is complete, and a new board of directors, proposed in the restructuring plan, has been appointed….

News June 13, 2005

Harmony sells its spoils

Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) has had sold 30 million Gold Fields (GFI-N) shares at US$10.50 per share, for gross proceeds of US$315 million….

News May 30, 2005

Court deals deathblow to Harmony bid

Fittingly, the 7-month battle between Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) and Gold Fields (GFI-N) has ended in a courtroom, with South Africa’s High Court ruling that Har…

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