San Jose expansion drilling hits high grade
Vancouver – Expansion drilling at the San Jose gold-silver mine in southern Argentina is returning high-grade hits …
South America
Kinross gets shareholder approval from Aurelian
Kinross Gold’s (K-T, KGC-N) $870 million bid is enough for Aurelian Resources (ARU-T) shareholders, clearing the wa…
New World Resource banks on Bolivian brine
New World Resource (NW-V) is betting that future demand for hybrid electric vehicles and portable electronic device…
ArcelorMittal shores up Brazilian iron ore assets
VANCOUVER — ArcelorMittal (MT-N) cut two sizable cheques on the same day for two iron assets in Brazil.
International Beryllium funds nuclear fuel research (August 29, 2008)
International Beryllium (IB-V) has agreed to fund a two-year, US$500,000 research project by Purdue University in W…
Gold Reserve rebuffs Rusoro’s advance (August 27, 2008)
Vancouver – With a letter to Gold Reserve (GRZ-T) suggesting a friendly merger, Rusoro Mining (RML-V) made another …
Taca Taca cha-cha: Rio returns option to Lumina (August 26, 2008)
Vancouver – After drilling six holes Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) has passed the buck again on Taca Taca, giving its op…
Reserves keep growing at Pallancata
Vancouver – For the second time in five months, International Minerals (IMZ-T, IMZLF-O) and Hochschild Mining (HCHD…
Change at the top for Verena
The promising exploration growth Verena Minerals (VML-T) has shown recently in Brazil will have to be driven by a n…
Vaaldiam spins out Canadian assets
Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-T) has decided to transfer its Canadian diamond assets into a subsidiary company to be call…
ArcelorMittal buys London Mining Brazil, partners with Adriana on port
ArcelorMittal (MT-N) cut two sizable cheques on the same day for two iron assets in Brazil. For US$764 million …
AngloGold buys Sao Bento mine
VANCOUVER– AngloGold Ashanti (AU-N, AGD-L) will get Eldorado Gold’s (ELD-T, EGO-X)Sao Bento mine in Brazil, now on care and maintenance, for US$70 million worth of AngloGold shares tradable on the Ne…