Porcupine proving its potential for Helio
Vancouver – Drilling at Helio Resource’s (HRC-V) Porcupine target in southwestern Tanzania continues to…
Africa
Orezone beefs up Bombor resource
Orezone Resources (OZN-T, OZN-X) has nearly tripled gold resources at the Bomboré project in Burkina Faso to…
More rumbles from the DRC
Tough times for companies across the mineral sector are being amplified for those in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
African Gold teams up with Newmont in Ghana
African Gold Group (AGG-V, AGGFF-o)is joining hands with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-n) to develop its Mankranho gold project in Ghana.
NEMI and Aviva to merge (November 03, 2008)
Vancouver — NEMI Northern Energy & Mining (NNE. A-V, NNEMF-o),and Australian-listed Aviva (AVA-a) are merging to create a growth-oriented international coal and energy group.
Rare earth discovery in Namibia intrigues Etruscan (November 03, 2008)
Etruscan Resources’ (EET-T, ETRUF-o) initial interest in exploring northern Namibia was to find iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits and the Canadian junior believed that the rare earth occurrence a…
DRC miners hardest hit
While these are tough times for companies across the mineral sector miners in the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) a…
Nevsun arranges US$89M debt for Bisha (October 30, 2008)
Vancouver The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) must have liked what it saw at Nevsun Reso…
Cameco opens Alice Springs office, invests in Niger exploration (October 27, 2008)
Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-n), the world’s largest uranium company, has opened an office in Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory to help advance the Angela and Pamela uranium projects nearby. A joi…
Int’l Beryllium builds on the ‘nuclear renaissance’
International Beryllium (IB-V, IBRYF-o) is buying Franklin, Ind.-based Nonferrous Products, a beryllium metalworking and specialty alloy processing company, for about US$10.5 million. The combined com…
Rare earth discovery in Namibia intrigues Etruscan (October 24, 2008)
Etruscan Resources’ (EET-T) initial interest in exploring northern Namibia was to find iron oxide copper gold (IOCG…
Uranium One puts Dominion on care and maintenance
Vancouver – In mid-2007 the price of uranium was sitting just under US$140 per lb. and shares of Toronto-based Uran…