Northgate withdraws bid for Aurizon
Vancouver – The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld an injunction prohibiting Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, N…
2006
Companies face mining ban in portions of Chubut
Vancouver – The Deputy Chamber of the province of Chubut, Argentina, has approved legislation prohibiting all meta…
Xstrata extends unsweetened bid, Teck gets EC approval
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has extended its bid for the 80% of Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N) it doesn’t already own by …
Oxus negotiator shot, wounded
A consultant for British gold developer Oxus Gold (OXS-L) was shot and wounded in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on …
New World drills wide intercept at Lipea (July 06, 2006)
Vancouver – Initial drilling by New World Resource (NW-V, NWFFF-O) on its Lipea project in southwestern Bolivia ha…
Peabody buying Excel Coal
St. Louis-based coal producer Peabody Energy (BTU-N) has agreed to a cash deal to take over Australian coal produce…
Equinox causes a stir with flurry of news
It’s been a busy week for Equinox Minerals and the market has taken notice. The company announced the doubling …
Capstone tightens Cozamin resource
Emerging copper and silver producer Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) has updated its resource estimate for the Cozam…
Northern Peru drills more gold at Hilorico
Vancouver – Drilling by Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) on its Hilorico gold project in northwestern Peru has…
Preliminary economics on Marathon positive (July 05, 2006)
A preliminary economic assessment of the Marathon copper-palladium-platinum deposit in the Coldwell intrusive compl…
Nevsun and African Metals bundle properties
Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) and African Metals (AFR-V) are pooling their interests in five diamond concessions …
Western Areas secures recovery fund (July 05, 2006)
Western Areas (WARSF-O) says full-scale production at the South Deep gold, 45 km southwest of Johannesburg, should …