Detour Gold projects US$844 million for open pit mine
Detour Gold (DGC-T) has finished a prefeasibility study for its Detour Lake Gold project in northeastern Ontar…
2009
Commentary: OMA weighs in Ontario’s Bill 173
The following is an edited portion of the Ontario Mining Association’s submission to the Standing Committee …
Editorial: Gold cracks US$1,000 again
Gold’s day-long breach of the US$1,000-per-oz.-mark was the biggest news for gold bugs around the world on S…
Silver Wheaton to pay US$625M for Barrick silver stream
Vancouver – Having worked out another major silver stream contract, this time with Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N)…
Xstrata Copper feels pinch from Vale Inco nickel strike
While the masses have gone back to work and school after Labour Day, the last long weekend of summer will stre…
Esperanza Silver completes initial economic assessment of Cerro Jumil
Esperanza Silver’s (EPZ-V, ESPZF-O) 100%-owned Cerro Jumil project, an advanced open-pit heap-leach gold proje…
Investors anticipate Xstrata to make another run at Lonmin
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) could be gearing up for another run at the world’s third largest platinum producer Lo…
Short Position Report (September 08, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Aug. 31/…
Eldorado Strikes $2B Deal For Sino
Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has offered $2 billion in shares for China-focused Sino Gold (SIOGF-O, SGX-A) in a friendly deal that would see the company’s gold production climb to 550,000 oz. this year.In June, Eldorado bought a 19.8% stake…
Russia-Mongolia Deal Could Leave Khan Out In The Cold
A visit to Ulaanbaatar by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has sealed a deal between Russia and Mongolia on uranium mining, leaving the status of Torontobased Khan Resources (KRI-T, KHRIF-O) up in the air.While rumours about a Russian and…
Wayside Secures US$14M For QR Mine, Bonanza Ledge Deposit
Barkerville, B. C., southeast of Quesnel, is a ghost town left over from the 1858-63 Cariboo gold rush, and soon, International Wayside Gold Mines (WYG-V, IWGFF-O) will ask shareholders to consider ta…
Monument Ready To Commission Selinsing Gold Mine
VANCOUVER — Monument Mining (MMY-V, MMTMF-O) is on the cusp of producing gold in Malaysia, having permitted, designed, financed and nearly finished building the Selinsing mine in just over two years.