Bear Creek boosts Santa Ana silver (September 05, 2008)
Vancouver – A new resource estimate for Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V) Santa Ana silver deposit in southern Peru has a…
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Century and Sulliden call it quits; abandon all litigation
The last chapter in a bitter, five-year legal battle between Century Mining (CMM-V, CMNZF-O) and Sulliden Explorati…
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 …
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…