Anglo closes coal deal with Hillsbororough
Vancouver – Anglo Coal, a division of diversified miner Anglo American (AAL-L), has secured a foothold in Western …
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Cusac-American Bonanza clarify Taurus gold resource
Vancouver – Cusac Gold Mines (CQC-T, CUSIF-O) was quick to inform American Bonanza Gold (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) that about…
Teck Cominco basks in new record profits
Vancouver Strong metal prices propelled net earnings for Teck Cominco (TEK.SVB-T) to a record $510 million in the…
Trio of financings illustrates hot market
Vancouver – A recent series of major financings serves as a good barometer of a frothy mining investment climate. U…
lonore area heats up
Spurred by Goldcorp’s (G-T, GG-N) recent vote of confidence, exploration is heating up around Virginia Gold Mines’ …
Fortune to bulk-sample Nico
Fortune Minerals (FT-T) has contracted out the mining of a bulk sample from its Nico polymetallic deposit in the No…
Tower Mountain has new resource
An initial resource calculation for the Tower Mountain gold deposit west of Thunder Bay, Ont., shows about 100,000 …
Jericho produces first diamonds
Vancouver The first batch of diamonds has been produced at the newly constructed Jericho mine in Nunavut, though …
More diamonds twinkle at Star
Vancouver Saskatchewan diamond explorer Shore Gold (SGF-T) has recovered diamonds weighing up to 19.25 carats fro…
Diamonds in core buoy hopes at Tli Kwi Cho
Vancouver – The recovery of diamonds in core drilling by Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-V) has raised hopes that the main…
Sanatana Diamonds secures cash for Mackenzie project
Sanatana Diamonds (SAN-L) has more money to put into its exploration programs at its Mackenzie diamond project in t…
Vior cuts gold at Douay (January 26, 2006)
Two holes drilled by Vior Mining Exploration (VIO-V) at the Douay property in northwestern Quebec have intersected …