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Escobal shows robust economic potential (November 29, 2010)

Designed to improve confidence in the established inferred resource, infill drilling by Tahoe Resources (tho-t) on the high-grade Escobal silver deposit in Guatemala succeeded in expanding the indicated resource to 245 million contained silver…


Venture regains ground

Vancouver – The last full week of November saw the S&P TSX Venture composite index bounce back over the 2000-point threshold after slipping below it the week before. The index climbed 73.66 points over four days to offset a 12.53-point…


Rubicon Minerals makes a splash with inferred estimate

Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) closed $1.46 higher today in Toronto at $6.06 per share, a gain of 31.74%, on news of a four million ounce inferred gold resource estimate at its Phoenix gold project in Red Lake, Ontario.




Miners haul rock out of Farallon Mining's G-9 zinc mine in southwest Mexico. It has been in production since 2009.

Nyrstar offers $409M for Farallon

VANCOUVER — Emerging producer Farallon Mining (FAN-T) has agreed to a friendly takeover bid by zinc giant Nyrstar in an all-cash deal valued at $409 million fully diluted.


Eike still likes gold (November 29, 2010)

While Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista has swelled his fortune on Brazilian offshore oil over the last five years, he still has an appetite for the commodity that helped propel him to fame and fortu…


K+S bids $434M for Potash One

VANCOUVER — A $434-million takeover bid for Potash One (KCL-T) from German fertilizer giant K+S Aktiengesellschaft is evidence that the failure of Australian giant BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) US$39- billi…


Avala Resources' Timok gold project in eastern Serbia.

Shallow gold in Serbia for Avala

VANCOUVER — Recently restructured Avala Resources (AVZ-V) has released a significant shallow gold hit from its Korkan-Bigar target in eastern Serbia as it works to advance several prospects in the ar…



NZ in mourning

The second last week of November saw tragedy descend on the normally idyllic West Coast region of New Zealand’s South Island, where an underground explosion killed 29 miners at the Pike River coking c…


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