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Apollo, Linear merging to form mid-tier gold miner

VANCOUVER — Apollo Gold (APG-T, AGT-X) and Linear Gold (LRR-T) are set to merge into a company with an active gold mine in Ontario, an advanced gold project in Saskatchewan, and a solid cash balance.


TD’s Drummond paints bearish scenario for gold

Maybe it wasn’t what people came to hear — the event’s sponsors after all were gold heavyweights Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) and Franco- Nevada (FNV-T), and this was a luncheon at the Prospectors a…


Lundin jumps on Tenke Fungurume news

VANCOUVER — News that a resolution to the contract review is near for the Tenke Fungurume copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) lifted part-owner Lundin Mining’s (LUN-T) share pri…


Quadra Mining's Sierra Gorda copper-gold-molybdenum project in northern Chile.

Quadra announces JV with Chinese utility

VANCOUVER — A memorandum of understanding between Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O) and State Grid International Development Ltd. (SGID) outlined a deal to jointly develop and operate Quadra’s Franke co…


SRA makes comeback in Portugal

Failed zinc miner Strategic Resource Acquisition (SRA) (SRZ. H-V) has emerged from bankruptcy protection and signed a deal to acquire gold and base metals projects in Portugal.





From left: PDAC president Jon Baird with Bill Mercer, VP of exploration for Avalon Rare Metals and Don Bubar, Avalon's president and CEO. Avalon received the Environmental and Social Responsibility award.

PDAC awards night

On March 8, people from around the mining industry gathered at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in Toronto to celebrate this year’s winners of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada annual …


PEOPLE (March 22, 2010)

Alcoa — Marcos Ramos appointed president of Alcoa Europe and will continue as president of Global Primary Products Europe; Rudi Huber has retired as president of Alcoa Europe.


John Felderhof speaks out at PDAC

“What happened to me could happen to anybody,” John Felderhof, a former geologist and senior vice-president at Bre-X Minerals, told a small group gathered in a seminar room at the recent Prospectors a…


Correction (March 22, 2010)

The photo accompanying our Manitoba round up in our Exploration & Development Highlights section (T. N.M., March 8-14/10) was incorrectly identified as HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T) 777 copper-zinc min…


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