Centerra unveils US$1.1B bid for Thompson Creek
VANCOUVER — Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; US-OTC: CAGDF) has been shopping for gold assets in Canada, and on July 5 the company found a fit in debt-heavy Thompson Creek Metals (TSX: TCM; US-OTC: TCPTF)…
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Indonesian sale nets Newmont US$1.3B
VANCOUVER — Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) indicated earlier this year that it was in talks to divest its Indonesian business unit to a consortium of local investors, and on June 30 it…
Kincora eyes massive land position in Mongolia’s South Gobi
VANCOUVER — Kincora Copper (TSXV: KCC; US-OTC: BZDLF) hopes that a renewed sense of political stability in Mongolia will reinvigorate investor interest, and it is doubling down on the country…
Sparton banks on vanadium
Over the course of his 54 years in the business, Canadian geologist and engineer Lee Barker has had many rewarding moments. In the early 1970s he recognized and staked the…
Explorers need to rethink their deposits, John Kaiser says
VANCOUVER — John Kaiser, newsletter writer of Kaiser Research Online, spoke at this year’s Vancouver Commodity Forum — hosted by Zimtu Capital in downtown Vancouver in June — and shared…
Angkor Gold reels in Jogmec
When Mike Weeks first started nosing around for mineral concessions in Cambodia in late 2008 and early 2009, the typical reaction he got from people in the business was that…
MDN sees future in niobium, acquires Argor
Two of the bigger mining deals in recent memory have a common denominator that might surprise a few people. Was it gold or copper? Neither. It was niobium — a…
Q&A: Why diamond stocks haven’t lost their shine
After a 12-15% decline in rough diamond prices last year, 2016 has seen a stronger start to the year. Even so, Edward Sterck, Director of Equity Research, Metals and Mining…
Eldorado exits China with US$900-million in asset sales
VANCOUVER — It took two years, but mid-tier gold miner Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) is finally divesting all of its development and production assets in China with the…
Erdene’s Bayan Khundii gold discovery in Mongolia
VANCOUVER — Erdene Resource Development’s (TSX: ERD; US-OTC: ERDCF) presence in Mongolia dates back to the late 1990s, and it has experienced the good and bad of the oft-volatile country. The…
Anglo American sells assets to China Moly for US$1.5B
One of China’s largest molybdenum and tungsten concentrates producers is buying Anglo American’s (US-OTC: AAUKF; LSE: AAL) phosphate and niobium businesses in Brazil for US$1.5 billion in cash. The sale…
Lead and zinc demand set to rise strongly in 2016, says ILZSG
The following is an edited release by the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG), which held its spring meetings in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 27. For lead, the ILZSG…