Eldorado targets Frontier Pacific
VANCOUVER — Frontier Pacific Mining (FRP-V, FRPMF-O) is fighting an unsolicited takeover offer from Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) in a battle focused on Frontier’s 1.4- millon-oz. Perama Hill gold dep…
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First Quantum bids big to land Kevitsa
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) is offering a hefty premium in a cash-and-share deal worth about $281 million in a bid to acquire Scandinavian Minerals (SGL-T, SCANF-O) and its giant Kevitsa nick…
Global Minerals defines Slovakian silver deposit
Vancouver – Global Minerals (CTG-V) is hoping a resource estimate showing strong silver mineralization will give th…
Eldorado moves on Frontier Pacific
Vancouver – Frontier Pacific (FRP-V) is fighting an unsolicited takeover offer from Eldorado Gold (ELD-T) in a batt…
First Quantum hopes to acquire Scandinavian Minerals
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) plans to pick up Scandinavian Minerals (SGL-T) and its giant nickel deposit in…
Will technology derail the uranium boom? (April 16, 2008)
Emerging from a long slump, uranium has consistently proven itself as a hot commodity over the last decade, with a …
Belvedere hikes reserves at Hitura mine in Finland
When Belvedere Resources (BEL-V) acquired its 100%-owned Hitura nickel mine in Finland six months ago, it had about…
Gold-Ore boosts Bjorkdal resource (March 24, 2008)
Gold-Ore Resources (GOZ-V, GREXF-O) has more than doubled gold ounces in the measured and indicated category at its Bjorkdal mine in Sweden.
Gold tops US$1,000 per oz.
The week ended March 15, the eleventh trading week of 2008, was capped by a powerful rally in gold prices stemming from the political and market tumult rippling out from world’s financial centre in Lo…
Belvedere moves underground in Finland
Belvedere Resources (BEL-V) is launching underground mining operations ahead of schedule at its Sarkiniemi West n…
Kinbauri hits rich grades in Spain
Kinbauri Gold (KNB-V) received a healthy boost on the market after reporting more drill results from its El Valle i…
Dundee to test open-pit potential at Armenian mine
Dundee Precious Metals (DPM-T, DPMLF-O) claims that the Shahumyan polymetallic deposit at its producing Kapan mine, in Armenia, shows potential for an open-pit mine, and now the company is setting out…