Arian confirms gold, copper resource at Tepal (March 10, 2008)
Vancouver – A recent resource estimate for Arian Silver’s (AGQ-V, AGQ-L) Tepal porphyry project in Mexico’s Michoac…
Hecla Mining Company
Barrick buys rest of Cortez for US$1.7B
One of the planet’s best gold assets is now solely in the hands of the world’s biggest gold miner.
Hecla buys Rio’s stake in Greens Creek
Hecla Mining (HL-N) has struck a US$750-million deal to buy out its majority partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) at their co-owned Greens Creek underground silver mine near Juneau, in Alaska’s panhandle.
Platinum cracks US$2,000-per-oz barrier
A meteoric rise in platinum prices grabbed the mining sector’s attention during the week ended Feb. 16, the seventh trading week of 2008.
Hecla buys Rio Tinto’s Greens Creek stake
Hecla Mining (HL-N) has struck a US$750-million deal to buy out its majority partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N) at their co-…
San Agustin shaping up above and below ground
Vancouver — With trenching expanding the mineralized footprint and drilling pulling up good grades over considerable lengths, Geologix Explorations’ (GIX-V, GXEXF-O) polymetallic San Agustin project,…
U.S. Markets November 13-19
The losses from the previous period in the United States equity markets spilled over to the Nov. 13-19 trading session.
San Agustin shaping up on surface and underground
Vancouver – With trenching expanding the mineralized footprint and drilling pulling up good grades over considerabl…
Rusoro ropes Gold Fields properties
Vancouver — Having inked a deal to purchase all of Gold Fields’ (GFI-N, GFI-J) mineral projects in Venezuela, including the Choco 10 gold mine, Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) is jumping to producer s…
Rusoro buys Gold Fields’ Venezuelan portfolio
Vancouver – Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) is jumping to producer status in a deal to purchase all of Gold Fields’ …
Corrected resource estimate boosts Copper Fox 14% (July 16, 2007)
Vancouver — After a faulty resource estimate prompted a 35% drop in share price and forced the company to halt trading for almost a month, Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V, CPFXF-O) is on the rise again with…
Move over nickel, here comes lead (July 02, 2007)
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