Editorial: Aussie PM warming to nuke power (August 09, 2006)
There’s nothing quite like the whiff of big money to make people abandon their longest-held principles.This tim…
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Further delays for Platinex
After a 5-month delay of its exploration drilling program at Big Trout Lake, in northern Ontario, junior explorer P…
Corriente to spin-off Ecuador gold assets
Vancouver – Based on a recent review of its property holdings in Ecuador, Corriente Resources (CTQ-T, ETQ-X) is dr…
Falconbridge concedes
The end of a yearlong quest is finally in plain sight for Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L), with Falconbridge’s (FAL-T, FAL…
Record Q2 earnings for First Quantum (August 08, 2006)
Vancouver — A continued robust copper market propelled First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L, FQVLF-O) to record 200…
Commitee Bay hits more gold at West Plains
Vancouver – The first six holes drilled in the West Plains area of the Committee Bay project have returned high-gr…
LionOre proves up orebody in Botswana
LionOre Mining (LIM-T, LIM-A, LOR-L) has confirmed a NI 43-101 compliant indicated resource for the Selkirk deposit…
Teck snaps Inco’s olive branch (August 08, 2006)
Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has politely declined Inco’s (N-T, N-N) invitation to the negotiating table, instead …
Teck ups bid for Inco
The widely anticipated bidding war for Inco (N-T, N-N) has begun, with Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) boosting the cash portion of its bid just four days after the nickel miner failed in its attempt to…
Golden Odyssey sees ‘no place like home’ for gold search
Vancouver — Led by a geological team with extensive exploration experience in Nevada, Golden Odyssey Mining (GOE-V, GODYF-O) aims to put its “home-court advantage” to good use this year as it explore…
Sherwood aims for 2007 production at Minto
Vancouver — The positive findings of an independent feasibility study have prompted Sherwood Copper (SWC-V) to fast-track construction of an open-pit copper-gold mine at its wholly owned Minto projec…
U.S. Markets July 25-31
U.S. stock markets continued their rally during the trading period July 25-31, but this time the resource stocks caught up, and actually outperformed the broader market. The Standard & Poor’s 500…