Vista Gold buying Awak Mas deposit
Vancouver – After five months of tire kicking, Vista Gold (VGZ-T) is writing the cheque to purchase the Awak Mas go…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Goro gets Japanese partners
Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsui have forked over US$150 million for a 21% interest in Inco’s (N-T) US$1.9 billion …
Southern Cross tables Goulds resource
Consultants for Southern Cross Resources (SXR-T) have calculated a revised resource figure for the Goulds Dam urani…
Coeur buying Aussie mine silver output
Vancouver – Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N) is buying the silver production and reserves of the Endeavor zinc-lead-silv…
Ivernia warms the printer for Magellan
Ivernia (IVW-T) plans to sell between $65 million and $82.5 million worth newly minted shares to buy the 49% intere…
BHP bid for WMC gets FIRB OK
BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) white-knight bid for WMC Resources (WMC-N) has received approval from Australia’s Foreign In…
Harmony Gold bounces Bendigo Mining
Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) has sold off its remaining 11.6% stake in Aussie miner Bendigo Mining for A$1.10 per sh…
Croesus reverses course
Some better-than-expected infill-drilling results have prompted Australian-based Croesus Mining to go ahead with a …
St Barbara grabs Gwalia gold (March 21, 2005)
Perth, Australia-based St Barbara Mines has emerged as the winning bidder for the gold division of failed miner Son…
Ivanhoe hits copper and gold at Cloncurry
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has cut significant gold and copper at its Cloncurry project, 38 km southwest of the Ernest H…
Consmin gets Reliance (March 18, 2005)
Australian alloy-metals producer Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L) has netted 96% of the shares of nickel producer Reli…
IGC Resources ties into Blackburn high-grade (March 17, 2005)
Vancouver – Initial drilling by IGC Resources (IGC-V) on its recently acquired 340-sq.-km Blackburn project, locate…