Barrick’s bid for NovaGold expires
Vancouver — With the clock ticking down on its US$16.00-per-share bid for control of NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) at presstime, Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) appears likely to become nothing more th…
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Cameco moves on Cigar Lake solution
Vancouver — Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has started remediation work at its 50%-owned Cigar Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, where a major flooding event in late October fil…
Juniors take over New Britannia (December 11, 2006)
Vancouver-based juniors Garson Resources (GARR-C) and Piper Capital (PCL-V) have agreed to acquire the dormant New Britannia gold mine in Snow Lake, Man., from Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) and High River…
Rubicon set to spin off African and Newfoundland assets
It’s been a long time coming, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X), which is in the final steps of splitting into three separate public companies, each holdi…
Suppliers News (December 08, 2006)
SRK to find out age, cost of Aquarius Consulting firm SRK will produce the bankable feasibility study at St Andre…
High hopes for future Marathon PGM mine
Marathon PGM (MAR-V) plans to begin construction of its open-pit platinum group metals-copper mine near Marathon, O…
Aurizon pouring gold at Casa Berardi
Aurizon Mines (ARZ T, AZK-X) has poured two gold dore bars from the gravity circuit at its Casa Berardi mine in t…
Large resource from Canadian Malartic
An initial inferred resource for the Canadian Malartic gold deposit in northwestern Quebec shows a resource of arou…
Editorial: Mining and CSR, part II
In part I last week, we began our look at how three high-profile accidents at Canadian-operated mines in the mid-19…
Rubicon to spin off African and Newfoundland assets
It’s been a long time coming, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X), whic…
HudBay budgets $45 million
As part of a plan to develop marginal deposits while metal prices are high, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) will be spe…
Lake Shore adds to Timmins West
Vancouver — Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSGGF-O) has delivered a significant resource increase at its Timmins West project, located about 18 km west of Timmins, Ont.