Teck Cominco invests in oil sands project
Vancouver — Cash-rich Teck Cominco (TEK-T) has agreed to pay $475 million to secure a 15% stake in a partnership d…
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Falconbridge cuts new nickel in Brazil
Wide-spaced drilling by Falconbridge (FAL-LV-T) has turned up two significant nickel deposits on the Araguaia nicke…
Falconbridge antes up at El Morro
Falconbridge (FAL-LV-T) has forked over US$10 million to earn a 70% stake in Metallica Resources’ (MR-T) El Morro c…
Suppliers Roundup (September 05, 2005)
Finning does $56M deal with UK firm…
Mundoro drills to expand Maoling resources (September 05, 2005)
Vancouver — Recent drilling by
Asia Gold adds to holdings in Gobi region
Vancouver — A letter-of-intent agreement with
Laramide ropes uranium package (September 05, 2005)
Katrina spins TSX higher
With oil prices surging from reduced production from the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of hurricane Katrina, the resource-laden S&P/TSX Composite Index reversed course to end the Aug. 23-29 report pe…
Partners expand Levack Footwall deposit (September 05, 2005)
An ongoing 6-rig drilling campaign has expanded the Footwall discovery behind the Levack No. 2 shaft, 40 km north of Sudbury, Ont., for partners
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Mangshi City, Yunnan Province, China — With annual gold output approaching 7 million oz., China has climbed to fourth place in recent years among the world’s gold-producing countries, behind South Af…
Rio Tinto signs on at Pimenton
Vancouver — Mining giant
Greens lose court battle at Cheviot
Vancouver — The Federal Court of Canada has dismissed two applications filed by the Sierra Legal Defence Fund on behalf of five environmental groups that challenged development of the Cheviot pit at…