San Gold pours first gold at newly opened Rice Lake gold mine
Vancouver – The Rice Lake gold mine was officially opened by management of San Gold (SGR-V) at a celebration in Bi…
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Patrician Diamonds’ Sahtu drilling disappoints
Vancouver – Drill results from Patrician Diamonds’ (PXC-V, PCGDF-O) Sahtu project, in the McKenzie River Valley reg…
Phelps bid faces further scrutiny
Investment Canada has extended by 30 days its review of Phelps Dodge’s (PD-N) proposed acquisition of Inco (N-T, N-…
Suppliers News (August 23, 2006)
Genivar signs engineering deal to reopen CaribouBlue Note Metals (BNT-V) has hired Montreal-based engineering f…
Editorial: Val d’Or booming again
Miners, geologists and mining engineers are well acquainted with the benefits of life in the small, remote towns th…
NovaGold starts construction of Rock Creek gold mine
Vancouver – The state of Alaska and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have issued the necessary permits for NovaGol…
Hunter Dickinson eyes a Detour
Privately-held Hunter Dickinson Group plans to float another new company on Pelangio Mines’ (PLG-T, PLGOF-O) develo…
Osisko up on results from the Abitibi
Osisko Exploration’s (OSK-T) latest drill results from its Canadian Malartic gold property sent the company’s share…
Xstrata sacks Pannell, Regent (August 21, 2006)
Swiss-based Xstrata (XTA-L) did not waste anytime gutting Falconbridge (FL-T, FL-N) management after winning the ta…
Nunavut’s Pelly Bay area shows diamond potential
A new kimberlite camp is emerging in the Canadian Arctic as Indicator Minerals (IME-V) has discovered several large, pipe-like kimberlite bodies during a summer drilling campaign on the Darby project…
Plot thickens in battle for Inco
Brazilian iron ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) has turned up the heat in the battle for control of Inco (N-T, N-N) with an all-cash bid of $86.00 per share….
Falco concedes
A year-long quest is finally coming to an end for Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L, with Falconbridge’s (FAL-T, FAL-N) board of directors effectively handing over the reins of the iconic Canadian mining compan…