Bendigo builds confidence (December 03, 2004)
Having spent more than A$105 million on exploration and assessment over the past 7 years, Bendigo Mining has confir…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Mindoro hits new ore shoot at Lobo
Vancouver – Mindoro Resources (MIO-V) has intersected what may be a new gold ore-shoot in the West Drift area of it…
Majestic confirms Sawayaerdun grades and continuity
Vancouver – Drill results from Majestic Gold’s (MJS-V) Sawayaerdun gold project in western China have confirmed the…
Southern Cross postpones Honeymoon (November 01, 2004)
Shares in Southern Cross Resources (SXR-T) plummeted as much as 25, or 30%, to a 52-week low of 58 in early tradi…
Xstrata bids for WMC (October 28, 2004)
Swiss-based, diversified base metal miner Xstrata (XTA-L) has launched a hostile, all-cash offer for the world’s th…
Newmont officials out of jail, on probation (October 25, 2004)
The five officials of Newmont Minahasa Raya arrested in Jakarta over allegations of pollution will be released from…
Inco to go ahead with Goro (October 19, 2004)
Inco (N-T) will proceed with construction at the Goro nickel-laterite project in New Caledonia, following a review…
LionOre bids for Australian nickel producer
A friendly bid from LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) is offering A$285 million for Australian nickel producer M…
High gold grades pulled from lavas of Mt. Penck
Vancouver High gold grades from drillcore on the Mt. Penck property are providing encouragement to partners New G…
BHP to buy back shares
Laden with cash, mining giant BHP Billiton has announced it will return up to US$2 billion to its shareholders, inc…
Newmont to stay in Indonesia despite arrests (October 05, 2004)
Although five executives of a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining (NMC-T) were recently arrested in Jakarta o…
BHP Billiton lands US$3.2 billion contract
BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has negotiated iron ore sales commitments from four Chines steel mills that have a possible U…