Mongolia’s minefield
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — Mining executives at the recent Discover Mongolia 2007 Conference spoke out strongly against controversial mining laws they claim are strangling mine development and urged the…
Rio Tinto plc
Empire now a mining company, eyes Turkish copper
Vancouver-based capital pool company Empire Mining (EPC-V) has completed the qualifying transaction it first announced in mid-September, with Global Securities acting as sponsor.
Entre Gold lines up $30M financing
Vancouver — Mongolian-focused explorer Entre Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) is looking to sell at least $30-million worth of stock to bolster its treasury.
BHP announces bid for Rio Tinto
Spurned by the board of Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) in a friendly approach, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP…
Foreign investors don’t mince words at Mongolian conference
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — Mining executives at the recent Discover Mongolia 2007 Conference held here spoke out stro…
Clash of the titans: Rio Tinto rebuffs informal BHP bid
In response to rampant market rumours, BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is admitting today that it has been approaching Rio Tin…
Entre Gold lines up $30-million financing
Vancouver – Mongolian-focused explorer Entre Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) is looking to sell at least $30-million worth of …
Suppliers News (November 05, 2007)
Caterpillar, Rio cut multi-year supply agreement
Colt picks up where the Romans left off
SITE VISIT Penedono, Portugal — On a windswept granite hillside dotted with scrub bushes near this historic town, you can still see marks left by the picks and chisels of…
Anaconda drills high-grade iron ore at San Gabriel (November 05, 2007)
When Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) found iron oxide copper-gold deposits 1,000 km north of Santiago, Chile, 10 years ago, it completed 11 reverse-circulation (RC) drill holes targeting magnetic anomalies. …
Tower Hill Finds Niche With AngloGold’s Alaska Portfolio
SITE VISIT Fairbanks, Alaska — Assembling a decent portfolio of exploration projects in a region as vast and remote as Alaska can be an expensive and protracted task. International Tower…
Siberian Diamonds Chases Next Big Russian Find
Paul Sobie has spent a good amount of time looking at diamond projects.