A miner’s guide to listing in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — While competition with the Shanghai Stock Exchange continues, Hong Kong is still home to some of China’s largest mineral companies, with larger companies generally having a secondary list…
2008
PC Gold looks to set Pickle Crow back in flight (September 08, 2008)
It’s not often a junior gets its hands on a former gold mine that was a “money machine” in its day and still contains significant mineralization.
Axmin’s permits restricted in Central African Republic (September 08, 2008)
A decree by the Central African Republic to amend permits valid for a suite of minerals — restricting them to gold mineralization only –is a devastating blow for Axmin (AXM-V, AXMIF-O), which has sp…
International Beryllium funds nuclear fuel research (September 08, 2008)
International Beryllium (IB-V, IBRYF-O) has agreed to fund a two-year, US$500,000 research project by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., to investigate the possibility of producing a better nu…
Gold Reserve rebuffs Rusoro’s advance (September 08, 2008)
VANCOUVER–With a letter to Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-X) suggesting a friendly merger, Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) made another move in its gamble to pull most if not all of Venezuela’s major mining…
Holding companies make $259M offer for QGX
Coal and gold explorer QGX (QGX-T, QGXLF-O), one of the first Western companies to get an exploration permit in Mongolia, has received a $259-million takeover offer.
International Quotes (September 08, 2008)
Australia (A$) Aug 12 Aug 5 Change Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.20 -0.02 Kingsgate Cons. 4.80 5.60 -0.80 Lion Selection Ltd 1.58 1.50 0.08 Newcrest Mining 23.49 26.31 -2.82 …
Dividends (September 08, 2008)
Note: Vale will pay $0.52* on common and pr sh in two instlmnts on Apr 30 and Oct 31. Alcoa will pay its quarterly div of US$0.9375 for US$3.75 cmltv…
Mongolian hurdles don’t faze Ivanhoe (September 08, 2008)
VANCOUVER — In spite of everything, it seems Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is committed to Mongolia.
Hathor hits a homer
VANCOUVER — After almost three months of promising scintillometer results, Hathor Exploration (HAT-V, HTHXF-O) released the first set of assay results from its summer drilling program at the Midwest …
Lean and mean has gone too far
The following is an open letter from Buzz Hargrove, the departing national president of the Canadian Auto Workers Union, the largest private sector union in Canada and representative of about 7,500 Ca…
Editorial: Conflicts and confusion
While the crash in junior mining stocks started to level off during the week ended Aug. 30, the 35th trading week of 2008, there remained quite a few open-ended, confusing situations for miners and th…