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…
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Platinum Australia likes Smokey Hills
Australian platinum developer Platinum Australia (PTNMF-O, PLAA-L, PLA-A) has received positive preliminary results from a feasibility study on the Smokey Hills platinum group element project in the e…
Tiomin lines up funding for Kwale (July 31, 2006)
Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) has reached final agreements with a lending syndicate for US$155 million in debt financing…
Congo’s election offers signs of hope
Voting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) first election in some 40 years went off peacefully at le…
Dominion hangs on high U price (July 28, 2006)
A uranium mine at SXR Uranium One’s (SXR-T, SXR-J) Dominion project near Klerksdorp, South Africa, would be very se…
Moto finds more high-grades in the DRC
Moto Goldmines (MGL-T,MOE-A,MOE-L) has released more impressive intersects from its Moto Gold project in the Democr…
More mineralization at Belahouro (July 20, 2006)
In a drilling program designed to expand the known resource on the Belahouro property in northern Burkina Faso, Gol…
Equinox revises Lumwana figures
While the market initially reacted harshly to news from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQXMF-O) regarding rising capital costs at its Lumwana copper project in Zambia, with time, the market came to see the…
Anglo American loses some steel
Anglo American (AAL-L) is selling its 79% stake in South African steelmaker Highveld (HVLJ-J) for US$678 million to…
Platinum Australia foresees production from Smokey Hills
Australian platinum developer Platinum Australia (PLAA-L, PLA-A) has received positive preliminary results from a…
Goldfields adds more Western Areas shares
South African mining house Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L, GOGOF-J) has increased its shareholding in South Deep partner…
Diba drilling cuts more gold (July 11, 2006)
Further drilling at the Diba property in Mali by Etruscan Resources (EET-T) has indicated more gold mineralization….