‘Friedland envy’ haunts Diggers & Dealers
KALGOORLIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA — Over the past five years, master entrepreneur Robert Friedland has created a guessing game at Australia’s biggest mining conference, the Diggers & Dealers Mining F…
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Goldbrook Ventures looks to China for partnership
China’s insatiable appetite for nickel and the lack of quality nickel sulphide projects and deposits slated for dev…
Sterling acquisition to make Minco a major silver producer by 2011
Vancouver – The company advancing the Fuwan silver property in China, Minco Silver (MSV-T), is taking over Sterling…
Continental Minerals: one step closer to developing Xietongmen
Vancouver The Chinese government has approved Continental Minerals’ (KMK-V) land reclamation report the final o…
Inter-Citic keeps the faith at Dachang gold project
It’s been eight long years since Inter-Citic Minerals (ICI-T, ICMTF-O) signed a joint-venture agreement with the …
Clear skies in Qinghai for Eldorado Gold (August 21, 2008)
As the first North American gold producer in China Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has a lot to smile about. Its 9…
Mongolian hurdles don’t faze Ivanhoe (August 21, 2008)
Vancouver – In spite of everything, it seems Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is committed to Mongolia.The major an…
Holding companies make $259-million offer for QGX
Coal and gold explorer QGX (QGX-T), one of the first western companies to get an exploration permit in Mongolia, ha…
Silvercorp turning on China’s silver tap (August 20, 2008)
Record production brought in higher revenues for Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T), and the company maintained its status a…
GobiMin upgrades Yellow Mountain
Vancouver As it continues to sink shafts at its Yellow Mountain property about 100 km southeast of Hami city in n…
Spurred on in China (August 19, 2008)
Second quarter results showed Spur Ventures (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) to be well on its way to becoming a key fertilizer sup…
Red Hill to sample Ulaan Ovoo coal
Red Hill Energy (RH-V) is combining a bulk sample program with an open pit expansion program at its Ulaan Ovoo coal…