WGI Heavy Minerals weathers tsunami with minor damage
Vancouver – Counting its blessings, WGI Heavy Minerals’ (WG-T) operations sustained only minimal damage following t…
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APAC plans merger with merchant bank
Vancouver – APAC Minerals (APC-T) plans to merge with Toronto-based Golden China Inc., a private merchant bank spon…
VVC raises funds, buys Chinese gold mine (December 29, 2004)
Junior VVC Exploration (VVC-V) has completed a half-million-dollar financing and bought half of a small underground…
Grande Cache inks supply deal (December 16, 2004)
Shares in Grande Cache Coal (GCE-T) were 70, or nearly 5%, higher at $15.10 in afternoon trading in Toronto on Dec…
Placer Chairman lobbies for new Chinese mining act
Speaking at the Canada China Business Council in Toronto, Placer Dome (PDG-T) Chairman Robert Franklin used his tim…
Ivanhoe contemplates Mongolian coal development
Vancouver – Buoyant coal prices, driven largely by unquenched demand from China, has prompted Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T)…
Afcan adds resources at Tanjianshan deposits
A new resource estimate for the Jinlonggou and Qinlongtan gold deposits, at the Tanjianshan gold property in Qingha…
Ivanhoe grows Hugo North (November 18, 2004)
The latest batch of results form step-out drilling on the Hugo North deposit has yielded the best-ever copper-gold…
Further Ban Phuc drilling by Asian Mineral Resources
Vancouver – Ongoing drilling by recently-listed Asian Mineral Resources (ASN-V) on its 70% owned Ban Phuc nickel pr…
Ho Gan gets positive pre-feasibility
A pre-feasibility study on the Ho Gan gold deposit in central Vietnam has concluded that small-scale production cou…
Asia Pacific irons out Udon North wrinkles (November 03, 2004)
The Thai government has assured Asia Pacific Resources (APQ-T) that it now has priority over the majority of the la…
Centerra’s first quarter turns out well (October 26, 2004)
Newly minted gold producer Centerra Gold (CG-T) has shown good form out of the gate, earning US$28.7 million on rev…