Pure Gold and De Beers ink “High Arctic” diamond deal
Vancouver – With a new president at the helm and a financing in the works, Pure Gold Minerals (PUG-T) has signed a…
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Xstrata brings the green (May 17, 2006)
Surprising few, Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has launched a $16.1-billion, all-cash bid for the 80.2% stake in Falconbr…
Osisko extends Canadian Malartic mineralization (May 16, 2006)
Abitibi explorer Osisko Exploration (OSK-V) has finished off another phase of drilling at the Canadian Malartic gol…
Editorial: Teck Cominco’s bid for Inco shakes up industry
Noranda’s friendly takeover of Falconbridge last year had felt inevitable to most of us for years before its announ…
Goldcorp triples Q1 net earnings despite lower production from Red Lake
Vancouver – Robust metal prices and the strong performance of the Alumbrera gold-copper mine allowed Goldcorp (G-T…
Second phase of bulk-sampling yields more diamonds at Star
Vancouver – A second-phase underground bulk-sampling program has been completed at the Star diamond project near P…
Inco throws Falco a fin (May 15, 2006)
Inco (N-T, N-N) has boosted the cash portion of its friendly cash-and-scrip offer for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N…
Nuinsco examines ’60s-era Minago find with new eyes
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‘Eskay-type’ target at BQ
Encouraging results from a limited drill program have prompted Endurance Gold (EDG-V) to stake an additional 20 claims totalling more than 80 sq. km surrounding its BQ polymetallic project situated 25…
Detour Lake proving fortuitous
Drilling on Block A at the Detour Lake gold property in northeastern Ontario continues to yield high gold grades for equal partners Trade Winds Ventures (TWD-V, TWDIF-O) and Pelangio Mines (PLG-T, PLG…
Partners target lonore South anomaly (May 15, 2006)
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), Eastmain Resources (ER-T, EANRF-O), and Azimut Exploration (AZM-V, AZMTF-O) have signed a letter of intent to jointly explore a promising gold-and-arsenic-in-soil anomaly straddl…
First Nickel, Jaguar Nickel to merge (May 15, 2006)
Junior Canadian nickel producer First Nickel (FNI-T, FNKLF-O) and failed Guatemalan nickel explorer Jaguar Nickel (jni-t, jgnkf-o) have struck a friendly deal to merge under the First Nickel banner….