Corani silver resource gets even bigger
Continued drilling at Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) Corani discovery in the high Andes of southern Peru has resulted in a 27% increase in the overall contained silver resource, highlighted by a…
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Stornoway, Rio change break fee (September 11, 2006)
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) have agreed to changes in their lock-up agreement that would see a $2-million break fee paid out to all shareholders of Ashton Mining of…
BCSC dismisses Ashton application
The application by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) to have the British columbia Securities Commission issu…
Stornoway, Rio change break fee (September 05, 2006)
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) have agreed to changes in their lock-up agre…
Ashton rejects Stornoway offer
The board at Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) has rejected the takeover bid for the company made by Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O), and is talking to other possible bidders to get a better…
Settlement looms at Escondida
Peace between management and workers at the world’s largest copper mine appears to imminent as the 25-day strike at…
Buffalo Gold drilling expands Mount Kare
Vancouver — Drilling by Buffalo Gold (BUF.U-V, BYBUF-O) is expanding known mineralized zones on the Mount Kare project in Papua New Guinea….
Ashton gives Stornoway the brush-off, looks to OSC
The board at Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has rejected the takeover bid for the company made by Stornoway Diamon…
Teck Cominco looks at bigger Australian footprint (August 20, 2006)
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — There were a lot of people who thought Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) chief executive Donald Lindsay should either be in New York or Toronto on Aug. 7. Instead, he was…
Buffalo Gold drilling expands Mt. Kare
Vancouver – Drilling by Buffalo Gold (BUF.U-V, BYBUF-O) is expanding known mineralized zones on the Mt. Kare projec…
Teck Cominco looks at bigger Australian footprint (August 10, 2006)
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — There were a lot of people who thought Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) chief executi…
Teck ups bid for Inco
The widely anticipated bidding war for Inco (N-T, N-N) has begun, with Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) boosting the cash portion of its bid just four days after the nickel miner failed in its attempt to…