2006


Yellowhead to drill Harper Creek

Vancouver — Along with a proposed financing to raise up to $10 million and become a publicly traded company later this year, Yellowhead Mining is planning a spring exploration program at its newly ac…


Vivian Danielson

Gammon, Mexgold to make mid-tier Mexican miner

Vancouver — The proposed takeover of Mexgold Resources (MGR-V) by Gammon Lake Resources (GAM-T, GRS-X) would create a mid-tier Mexican-focused mining company with annual production of 235,600 oz. gol…



Editorial: Sullivan tragedy grips Kootenays

Asphyxia’s gentle death has haunted miners since the first tunnel was dug deep into a mountainside thousands of years ago, and it continues to endanger lives to this day, usually in the primitive arti…


Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (June 05, 2006)

Fund name May 29($) May 19($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 22.23 21…


Kansanshi gets sweeter

Production from the Kansanshi copper mine in the North-Western province of Zambia has come along just in time for First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQVLF-O), which posted net earnings of US$54.8 million (…


SOUTHWESTERN RESOURCESJohn Paterson, president and CEO of Southwestern Resources, stands by an exposure of zinc oxide mineralization at the Accha deposit in southern Peru.

Hot market has juniors eyeing zinc oxides

With base metal prices at record highs, it’s hardly surprising that zinc oxide deposits, despite their reputation for difficult metallurgy, are making a comeback among junior miners….



Rio Blanco takes shape

Early progress on a final feasibility study for the Rio Blanco copper-molybdenum project in northern Peru proposes mining the deposit at 25 million tonnes annually….


International Quotes (June 05, 2006)


May 29 May 23 Change
Australia (A$)
Bendigo Mining 2.12 1.92 0.20
as of 4 pm ET, May 29, 2006 (%)
Bank of Canada 4.50
Target overnight rate 4.25
Canadian Prime 6.00

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