Libertad drilling intersects gold (March 13, 2007)
Exploration drilling at the Libertad project in Nicaragua by Glencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) has confirmed two high-g…
2007
Earnings: Aurizon Mines; Pacific Rim Mining
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands except per-share figur…
Retirees reap benefits of labour shortage (March 13, 2007)
Frank Visockas spent 30 years working at Incos Garson mine in Sudbury, but when it came time to retire five years …
Fortuna-Continuum post San Jose resource (March 12, 2007)
Vancouver – A new resource estimate has been tabled for Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-V, FVITF-O) and Continuum Resour…
Uganda ready for the big boys
After watching mining companies flock to its neighbours Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the gove…
Oxus Gold divests Kyrgyz project (March 12, 2007)
Oxus Gold (OXS-L) has sold its interest in the operating company that had developed the Jerooy gold deposit in Kyrg…
Buena takes out a quarter of its hedge book
Minas Buenaventura (BVN-N) has bought back contracts for about a quarter of its hedge book, in a deal worth US$145 …
The revival of mining in the Solomon Islands
At the end of the 1990s the Gold Ridge mine was synonymous with mining in the Solomon Islands. The project then h…
Dividends (March 12, 2007)
Company Div.($) Pay Date Record Date Phelps Dodge 0.20* Mar 2 Feb 16 Randgold 0.10 Mar 8 Feb 16 Falconbridge pf2 f Mar 12 Feb 28 Falconbridge pf 20.286 Mar…
Lending Rates (March 12, 2007)
as of 2 pm ET, Feb. 12, 2007 (%) Bank of Canada 4.50 Target overnight rate 4.25 Canadian Prime 6.00 U.S. Discount Primary 6.25 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 5.25…
Silver Eagle launches Miguel Auza
Vancouver — With a number of political dignitaries in attend- ance, Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T, SVEGF-O) recently celebrated the start of operations at its Miguel Auza mine in Zacatecas state, Mexico.
Quadrem revenues up 18%
International supplier network Quadrem International says its 2006 revenues were up 18% year-over-year, propelling the private firm to new levels of profitability.