2005

Vancouver — Royalty companies are as obsessed with reserve replacement as any other mining company, but in the grand scheme of things, they’re at the mercy of the operators of the mines in which they…

Vancouver — Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) is buying the silver production and reserves of the Endeavor zinc-lead-silver mine, near Cobar in central New South Wales, Australia….

West African gold producer Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) has inked an agreement with the state mining enterprise in Ivory Coast to acquire a 90% interest in the past-producing Afema…

Higher metal prices and increased production combined to swell revenues for nickel producer LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) in 2004….

Ivernia (IVW-T) plans to sell $65-82.5 million worth of newly minted shares to buy the 49% interest in the Magellan lead mine it does not already own. The mine is 740 km northeast o…

SouthernEra Diamonds (SDM-T) lost US$14.5 million before taxes for 2004, partly owing to costs associated with dividing the original SouthernEra Resources into two separate entities…

The Toronto Stock Exchange surrendered some of its early gains to end the April 5-11 report period 24.65 points better at 9,643.72. The gold index performed similarly, edging 0.69 of point higher to 1…

Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsui have forked over US$150 million for a 21% interest in Inco‘s (N-T) US$1.9-billion Goro nickel-laterite project…

A merger deal between Candor Ventures and Nustar Resources is complete now that the TSX Venture Exchange has approved the issuance of shares under the merger plan…

Vancouver — Drilling by Tenke Mining (TNK-T) at the El Bagual gold-silver property in southern Argentina has returned high grades….

Vancouver — Armed with almost $15 million in cash and cash equivalents, Viceroy Exploration (VYE-V) aims to bring its Gualcamayo gold project in Argentina to the feasibility stage….