News Roundup — Latin America
Skeena cuts higher grades at El Corazon
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Dragon hunts Tiberon
With its strong Vietnam focus, investment bank Dragon Capital Management has offered to buy Tiberon Minerals (TBR-T, TBMLF-O) for $251 million so it can help develop the Nui Phao fluorspar- tungsten m…
Resource up at Young-Davidson (January 01, 2007)
Resources at the Young-Davidson gold project near Matachewan, Ont., have grown substantially in a new estimate commissioned by Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X).
Glencairn works to get Nicaraguan gold projects on track
SITE VISIT Managua, Nicaragua — Toronto-based Glencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) has been growing recently, supplementing its original gold producer — the Limon mine in Nicaragua — with the La Libertad…
Teck Cominco sinks US$25M into Nautilus
Vancouver — Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has secured another major mining company financing, with Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) putting US$25 million into the seafloor mineral explorer as part …
Editorial: Our 2006 Mining Person of the Year: Robert Friedland
The world’s top athletes, scholars, artists and gurus all talk one way or another about the importance of finding and then living in that narrow zone that exists at the very limits of your intellect a…
Woodlawn prefeasibility under way
Metallurgical testing and engineering and design work for the Woodlawn base metal project in New South Wales, Australia, is under way.
Ten Years Ago in the Northern Miner
Barrick poised to pounce on Busang
Toronto Stock Exchange December 19-20
The Toronto equity market was virtually unchanged over the two trading days Dec. 19-20, shedding 2.21 points to close at 12,782.99. Having made record highs in the previous trading period, the market …
Aura Gold follows trail of Brazil’s garimpeiros
Few garimpeiros are seen these days near Aura Gold’s (ORA-T, AUGIF-O) newly acquired Cumaru gold project in north-central Brazil’s Para state — a dramatic contrast with the scene during a 1980s rush,…
TSX Venture Exchange december 19-20
With precious metals trading in a tight range and base metals weakening slightly, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index managed to post a modest gain of 25.23 points to close the Christmas-holiday s…
U.S. Markets december 19-20
The decline of the U.S. dollar prompted the government of Thailand to make foreign investment reforms that caused sudden market turmoil on Dec. 19 — reminiscent for some investors of the 1997 Asian e…