Avion falls on results from Mali
Drill results from Avion Resources (AVR-V) projects in Mali failed to rally the company’s shares and instead they f…
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Xstrata eyes Lonmin’s platinum
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) wants to widen its reach in its efforts to become the world’s pre-eminent diversified miner.
Teal grows resource, grades at Namibian project
Teal Exploration & Mining’s (TL-T, TEL-J) Otjikoto gold project in Namibia is demonstrating higher grades and resources, the company reports.
EDITORIAL: Oil, metals and Russia’s triumph
Despite political upheaval in the world, the broad decline in oil and mineral prices picked up steam during the week ended Aug. 9, the 32nd trading week of 2008, much to the detriment of resource comp…
Banro pulls strong intercepts at Twangiza in DRC
Assay results from an additional 30 diamond-drill holes from Banro’s (BAA-T, BAA-X) Twangiza project on the Twangiza-Namoya gold belt, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, continue to come up gold…
High River sees Q2 cash costs rise 67%
A jump in cash costs have left High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) with a negative second quarter even with a 61%-increas…
Vedanta Resources in US$8.8 billion India expansion
Having received the go-ahead from India’s supreme court, Vedanta Resources (VED-L), an India-focused resource giant…
Editorial: Oil, metals and Russia’s triumph
The geopolitical scene is being dominated by the hot war that erupted between Georgia and Russia last week, which h…
Oromin tallies Sabodala resource
Oromin Explorations (OLE-V, OLEPF-O) has reported an initial inferred resource estimate totalling 1.4 million oz. gold at its Sabodala project in eastern Senagal.
Editorial: Teck, Goldcorp, find there’s no place like home
With Canadian miners running into all sorts of problems overseas dealing with greedy and at times openly hostile governments, assets back home in the Great White North are looking better each year, ev…
UPDATE:Xstrata wants Lonmin’s platinum
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) wants to widen its reach in its efforts to become the world’s pre-eminent diversified mine…
Xstrata signals faith in platinum
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has signaled its faith in the platinum market by making a $10 billion pitch for London-bas…