Ashton boosts offering to $8m
Higher-than-expected demand for a $3-million brokered flow-through financing priced at a $1.10 per unit has led Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) to raise an additional $1 million under the same terms.A…
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Platosa yields mixed results (November 26, 2001)
Vancouver — Three drill holes at the Platosa base metal property in west-central Mexico have returned significant mineralization for Excellon Resources (EXN-V).Two of the holes tested the lateral off…
World’s largest copper mine slashes production by 10%
A serious fall in the demand for copper has caused BHP Billiton (BHP-N) to reduce production at the Escondida and Tintaya operations in South America by an estimated 170,000 tonnes on an annualized ba…
Newmont still volume leader
The New York Stock Exchange finished in positive territory over the report period Nov. 14-20, adding 150.43 points to close at 9,901.38.Like last week, the big newsmaker was Newmont Mining, which was …
Dia Bras eyes Guinean diamonds (November 26, 2001)
Montreal-based Dia Bras Exploration (DIB-V) has reached an agreement with Sagem, a private Guinean company, to earn a 60% interest in the Banankoro diamond permit.To do so, Dia Bras must pay $50,000 a…
Newmont bid stirs market
Newmont Mining shocked the gold mining world on Nov. 14 by launching a simultaneous, all-share takeover bid for Canada’s Franco-Nevada Mining and Australia’s Normandy Mining. The deal would create the…
TVX chalks up quarterly loss (November 19, 2001)
Lower realized prices and the devaluation of the Brazilian real saw TVX Gold (TVX-T) end the third quarter in the red.Net losses in the three months ended Sept. 30 totalled US$1.1 million on revenue o…
Banks commit US$230m to Aber
A banking group will provide a US$230-million debt facility to Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) so that the Toronto-based company can fund its share of the remaining capital costs at the Diavik project in the Nor…
Coronation pipes return strong counts
A new kimberlite camp is emerging some 50-120 km south of Coronation Bay in the northern Slave Craton region of Nunavut. Discoveries by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Kennecott Canada Exploration…
Aber to enter exclusive ranks of diamond producers
Lac de Gras, N.W.T. — Ten years after Charles Fipke’s milestone diamond discovery in the Northwest Territories, the only major Canadian player left in the wake of recent acquisitions and consolidatio…
National deals Salamandra
Vancouver — Juniors National Gold (NGT-V) and Alamos Minerals (AAS-V) have entered into a joint-venture agreement regarding the Salamandra property in Mexico’s Sonora state.Alamos can earn a half-int…
Kennecott targets GQ stones (October 29, 2001)
An agreement with Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) sets the stage for Kennecott Canada Exploration to earn a majority interest in the GQ diamond property, near Wawa, Ont.Kennecott, which is a unit of Rio Ti…