Lundin buys out Boliden’s stake in NAN
Vancouver Lundin Mining (LUN-T) is doubling its interest in North Atlantic Natural Resources with the purchase of…
2004
Peru kidnapping resolved
A Peruvian journalist, Duber Mauriola, who was kidnapped a few days ago from a small town in northern Peru, has bee…
Randsburg cuts titanium-vanadium mineralization at Titan
Drilling by Randsburg International Gold (RGZ-V) has intersected a 300-metre length of titanium and vanadium minera…
EuroZinc buys out Rio’s kicker on Neves Corvo sale (December 30, 2004)
Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has sold its participation interests from the sale of the Neves Corvo base metal mine in Portugal…
Mequillon deposit improves with drilling (December 29, 2004)
Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T) is continuing to hit significant nickel, copper and platinum-group-element-bearing sulph…
APAC plans merger with merchant bank
Vancouver – APAC Minerals (APC-T) plans to merge with Toronto-based Golden China Inc., a private merchant bank spon…
VVC raises funds, buys Chinese gold mine (December 29, 2004)
Junior VVC Exploration (VVC-V) has completed a half-million-dollar financing and bought half of a small underground…
BHP dismisses rumours of WMC bid
News reports of a pending bid for WMC Resources (WMC-N) by BHP Billiton (BHP-N) are “market speculation,” the compa…
Western Troy ready to drill at Macleod Lake
Following induced polarization (IP) surveys at its Macleod Lake property in north-central Quebec, Western Troy Capi…
Two kidnapped in Peru
The news is sketchy, but a journalist who has been a proponent for mining investment in rural Peru has been beaten,…
Underground work begins at legendary Sunshine mine
Vancouver — Rehabilitation of the underground tunnel is Sterling Mining’s (SRLM-O) first move towards redeveloping…
Correction (December 27, 2004)
The advertising department of The Northern Miner apologizes to the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines and all this paper’s readers for using the wrong artwork for Mineral Exploration Roundup 2005 on the cover of the Dec. 17-23 issue.