Golden Star readies shovels at Plant-North pit
Denver-based Golden Star Resources (GSC-T, GSS-X) expects mining to resume within days at the Plant-North pit at th…
Africa
Red Back finding gold at Boin Valley (October 26, 2005)
The Boin Valley prospect in western Ghana is proving to be a promising one for new producer Red Back Mining (RBI-T)…
Paladin raises A$77 million in oversubscribed offering
Vancouver – Aspiring uranium producer Paladin Resources (PDN-T, PDN-A) has closed an A$77 million financing that wi…
Equinox feasibility positive (October 20, 2005)
A revised feasibility study on the Lumwana copper project in northwestern Zambia shows a 20-million-tonne-per-year …
Orezone cuts long intersection at Bondigui (October 19, 2005)
Drilling by Orezone Resources (OZN-T, OZN-X) at the Bondigui property in Burkina Faso has intersected gold minerali…
Royal buys in on Taparko (October 18, 2005)
Denver-based mining house Royal Gold (RGL-T; RGLD-Q) will provide a US$35-million project-finance advance to High R…
MDN cuts more new Tulawaka gold
Rotary-air-blast (RAB) and reverse-circulation (RC) drilling by Montreal-based MDN Northern Mining (MDN-T) has disc…
Crew Gold looks to keep on growing
Crew Gold (CRU-T) is growing up in a hurry. On Monday the company announced a proposal to acquire Guinor Gold (GN…
Orezone cuts long intersection at Bondigui (October 13, 2005)
Drilling by Orezone Resources (OZN-T; OZN-X) at the Bondigui property in Burkina Faso has intersected gold minerali…
Adastra secures Kolwezi subsurface rights (October 12, 2005)
Shares in Adastra Minerals (AAA-T, AAA-L) jumped 23, or more than 16%, to $1.65 in early trading in Toronto on Oct…
LionOre loosens the belt
Armed with a new US$116 million credit facility, Lionore Mining International (LIM-T, LIM-A) has launched an aggres…
Kebble’s murder raises more questions than answers
It’s pretty tough to shock South Africa’s top gold-mining executives. These people are old-school types hardened af…