With quiet hard work, Coro marches ahead
Vancouver – Coro Mining (COP-T) is a company on a mission. The junior explorer debuted on the market in mid-2007 an…
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Royal Gold gets more royalties
Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) is expanding its royalty portfolio with the acquisition of three royalties from AngloGol…
Ecuador’s windfall profits tax deepens uncertainty (January 28, 2008)
News in December that Ecuador was following in the footsteps of Mongolia and Thailand with a windfall profits tax o…
Century withdraws Sulliden offer (January 28, 2008)
Century Mining (CMM-V, EXSDF-O) has withdrawn its offer for Sulliden Exploration> (SUE-T, EXSDF-O), which would hav…
Brazil to open up uranium sector?
Monterrey, Mexico — Hidden under the trees of Brazil’s northeastern Sertao hinterland lies one of the world’s biggest uranium reserves, the Santa Quiteria deposit, still undisturbed three decades aft…
Tahera granted creditor protection
Tahera Diamond (TAH-T, TAHEF-O) will be safe from its creditors until Feb. 14, when its 30-day protection term under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act expires.
Mining Hall of Fame celebrates 20th anniversary
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame marked its 20th anniversary by inducting five new members whose expertise ranged from grassroots exploration to open pit engineering, and whose work took them from the…
Rio Tinto options Global Copper’s Taca Taca (January 28, 2008)
Vancouver — Global Copper (GLQ-T, GOCPF-O) has landed Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) as an option partner on its Taca Taca copper-gold deposit in Salta province, northwestern Argentina.
Meeting demands
Tom Albanese, CEO of Rio Tinto, will address the PDAC-CIM luncheon on March 5. Albanese joined Rio Tinto in 1993 and held a series of management positions before being appointed to the board in 2006. …
Diamond Lunch (January 28, 2008)
Sponsored by Diamonds North Resources Ltd., Diamondex Resources Ltd., Indicator Minerals Inc., Mountain Province Diamond Inc., Shear Minerals Ltd., Shore Gold Inc. and Stornoway Diamond Corporation
Inaugural Women in Mining Reception
The Women in Mining (WIM) Network, Toronto Branch, is hosting the inaugural Women in Mining International Reception taking place in collaboration with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Can…
Fortress plans to up Svetloye stake
Mineralization now stretches 100 metres farther at Fortress Minerals’ (FST-V, FTMNF-O) Elena prospect, part of its 51%-owned Svetloye gold project in Russia’s Far East.