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Vancouver — An option agreement provides Romarco Minerals (R-V) with yet another gold project in one of the best neighbourhoods of mineral-rich Nevada….

In its third annual volume of Strategy Plus, the research department of Montreal-based brokerage house Desjardins Securities weighs in on the year ahead and offers top investment recommendations in all sectors, including mining.

Encouraged by bioleaching tests, BacTech Mining (BM-V) will submit a new operating plan for its 55%-owned Tonkin Springs open-pit gold project in Nevada.

The week of Jan. 5-11 saw the price of gold fall to US$420 per oz. on Jan. 10 before climbing back up to US$421.35, where it closed in the afternoon in London (down US$6.40 over the period). The gold index was down one point to close at 198.69. Th…

Vancouver — Adanac Moly (AUA-V) has arranged financing to explore the Ruby Creek molybdenum property, near Atlin in northwestern British Columbia.

Vancouver — On the heels of Albert Friedberg’s apparent victory at wresting control of Arizona Star (AZS-T) from affiliate Bema Gold (BGO-T) comes the latest twist in the raging battle for control of the juni…

Glamis Gold (GLG-T) has launched a hostile, all-share bid for Goldcorp (G-T) that is contigent on the latter scrapping its own all-share, friendly takeover of Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T),…

Vancouver — Placer Dome (PDG-T) predicts higher production costs for its gold and copper operations in 2005, owing to a weak U.S. dollar, and only a slight increase in metal production. However, strong gold and copper prices sh…