Aur rides the red rocket
Higher copper prices helped to soften the blow of the closure of the Louvicourt mine, near Val d’Or, Que., and help…
2006
Milling resumes at Lac des Iles
North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-X) has resumed milling operations at its Lac des Iles palladium mine, north of…
Iamgold production up, costs rise
Gold production attributable to Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-X) rose 3% to 447,000 oz. in 2005, while costs, reflecting the …
Metallica shares blast off (February 09, 2006)
Shares in Metallica Resources (MR-T, MRB-X) jumped 60, or nearly 19%, to a long-time high of $3.80 in early aftern…
Toromocho study projects major output for Peru Copper
Vancouver – Results from the Toromocho pre-feasibility study indicate very positive economics for Peru Copper’s (PC…
BacTech swaps shares for debt (February 09, 2006)
Restructuring bug-wrangler BacTech Mining (BM-V, BMCFF-O) has inked several major creditors to a shares-for-debt sc…
Continental tables Tibetan resource (February 08, 2006)
Vancouver – Initial resource estimates for Continental Minerals’ (KMK-V, KMKCF-O) and Great China Mining’s (GCHA-O)…
Harper cancels sale of Ridley Terminals
Vancouver Stephen Harper, Canada’s newly elected Prime Minister, and David Emerson, his newly appointed Internati…
Shore Gold slides on De Beers suit
Shares in Saskatoon-based Shore Gold (SGF-T, SHGDF-O) were off as much as 96, or 12.5%, at $6.75 in early trading …
Lac des Iles springs a leak
The primary crusher and electrical substations at North American Palladium’s (PDL-T, PAL-X) Lac des Iles mine in no…
Editorial: All OK at K2
January opened with a dozen miners’ deaths stemming from a too-little, too-late response to an explosion at the Sag…
Brilliant to acquire 25% of Aussie nickel mine
Vancouver – Expanding its roots into Australia, Brilliant Mining (BMC-V) plans on acquiring a 25% interest in the K…