Dynasty Gold gets Buffalo-ed
Vancouver — Under a friendly, all stock takeover bid, Buffalo Gold (BUF.U-V, BYBUF-O) plans to acquire Dynasty Gold (DYG-V, DGDCF-O).
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Freeport, Phelps Deal Wins Vote
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) and Phelps Dodge (PD-N) have completed their merger after shareholders voted in favour of the proposed combination of the two companies.
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The tabling of Canada’s new federal budget on March 19 was the number one event affecting Canada’s miners during th…
Denison studying open pits at McClean, Hairhan
While chewing on two acquisitions, Denison Mines (DML-T, DNMIF-O) is digesting new resource estimates for the McClean Lake and Hairhan uranium deposits in Saskatchewan and Mongolia, respectively.
Indonesian drilling encourages Southern Arc (March 19, 2007)
Vancouver — Scout drilling by Southern Arc Minerals (SA-V, SOACF-O) at its West Lombok property on Lombok Island, Indonesia, is indicating a number of exten-sively gold-mineralized breccia vein syste…
Facts ‘N’ Figures: Chile loses top ranking in Fraser Institute survey
Vancouver — Mining executives say Manitoba and Alberta have the best policy environments in the world for mining investment, and no longer consider Chile to be among the world’s top 10 jurisdictions …
Eldorado gets Chinese gold mining permit (March 19, 2007)
Vancouver — Eldorado Gold (eld-t, ego-x) recently became the first North American gold producer to be granted a Chinese mining certificate, allowing its Tanjianshan mine to advance to “official” prod…
Freeport, Phelps deal wins vote
Shareholders of Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (FCX-N) and Phelps Dodge (PD-N) have voted in favour of the propos…
Buffalo Gold acquiring Dynasty Gold
Vancouver – Under a friendly merger plan Buffalo Gold (BUF.U-V, BYBUF-O) plans to acquire Dynasty Gold (DYG-V, DGDC…
Oxus Gold divests Kyrgyz project (March 12, 2007)
Oxus Gold (OXS-L) has sold its interest in the operating company that had developed the Jerooy gold deposit in Kyrg…
Maxy looks to play part in Chinas mining future
Getting a leg up in a country as vast and notoriously fickle as China is no easy task. The optimism that fuelle…
Eldorado gets Chinese gold mining permit (March 07, 2007)
Vancouver – Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has reached the milestone of being the first North American gold producer …