Mano River toughs it out in Liberia
Mano River Resources (MNO-V, MNRVF-O) president Tom Elder describes the journey of bringing Liberia’s first significant gold mine into production as one of faith and persistence.
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Positive prefeasibility on Platinum Group Metals’ Western Bushveld JV (February 05, 2007)
Vancouver — With a positive prefeasibility study in hand for its Western Bushveld joint venture in South Africa, partners Platinum Group Metals (PTM-T, PTMQF-O), Anglo Platinum (AGPPY-O, ANP-L, ANANP…
UraMin seeks big-league status in African uranium
When gold prices rose sharply in the early years of this decade, companies came along whose purpose was to assemble projects that didn’t make the grade at low prices, but had potential to go to produc…
Robex has golden connections in Mali
When Richard Savard, president of Robex Resources (RBX-V), walks down the street in Bamako, Mali’s capital, he’s a familiar face to many.
Tiomin thinking further about Kwale (February 05, 2007)
Faced with delays that may prevent it from meeting financing conditions, Tiomin Resources (TIO-T, TMIRF-O) is “reviewing options” for the development of the Kwale mineral sands project on the east coa…
Bema investor against Kinross takeover
Vancouver — Bema Gold’s (BGO-T, BGO-N) second-largest shareholder, Tradewinds Global Investors, says it will oppose the US$3.1-billion takeover offer by Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N ) because it underval…
LionOre sees Selkirk feasibility
LionOre Mining International (LIM-T, LIM-A, LOR-L) is ready to move to a full feasibility study on the Selkirk nick…
Minieres du Nord shares up 24% on Tanzania drilling
As Minieres du Nord (MDN-T) gets ready to boost production at its Tulawaka open-pit gold mine in Tanzania, drill re…
Sunridge puts numbers to Eritrean massive sulphides (January 29, 2007)
Resource estimates for Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) on its Debarwa and Adi Nefas massive-sulphide projects in central …
Lonmin finishes AfriOre takeover
Lonmin’s (LMI-L) all-cash offer for AfriOre (AFO-T, AFO-L) has succeeded, attracting 94% of AfriOre’s shares.Lo…
Tiomin deals half of Kwale
Facing difficulties with meeting lenders’ conditions at its Kwale mineral sands project in southeastern Kenya, Tiom…
Egypt looks to step on to global mining stage
While the recent trend in some developing countries has been to decry foreign direct investment and increase state …