Teck Cominco to absorb Aur in $4.1-billion bid
Vancouver – Looking to boost its copper production and reserves, Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has tabled a friendl…
South America
Coeur finishes Bolnisi-Palmarejo investigation (July 03, 2007)
The merger of Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N, CDM-T), Bolnisi Gold (BSG-A) and Palmarejo Silver and Gold (PJO-V) is sch…
Breakwater reserves up 50% at El Toqui (July 02, 2007)
Breakwater Resources’ (BWR-T, BWLRF-O) latest reserve increase for its El Toqui zinc project has given the company the confidence to initiate a prefeasibility study for a 1-million-tonne-per-year mill…
Aquiline keeps hitting high-grade silver at Navidad (July 02, 2007)
Vancouver — Aquiline Resources (AQI-T, AQLNF-O) is riding a wave of good news. Two weeks after the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld the decision awarding it ownership of the desirable Navidad …
Luna running with Piaba
Vancouver — Luna Gold (LGC-V, LGCU-O) has only held the Piaba gold project in Brazil for half a year, but the company is moving the site forward as quickly as possible, aiming for production by early…
Brazil becomes cornerstone for Kinross
Finding and developing new reserves to replace mined ounces is a constant struggle for gold producers, especially in today’s heated gold market where the competition for projects is fierce and permitt…
Giustra gives US$100M to charity
Vancouver — Vancouver entrepreneur Frank Giustra has spent three decades in the mining and finance sectors. He’s raised multiple millions of dollars for up and coming companies, and certainly earned …
Editorial: Argentina’s fickle provinces confound miners
The biggest disappointment — if not surprise — for the week ended June 23, the 25th trading week of 2007, came from the government of Argentina’s Mendoza province, which banned the use of chemicals …
Brazauro up on wide gold intercept (July 02, 2007)
Vancouver — Brazauro Resources (BZO-V, BZOFF-O) is flush with Brazilian gold after drill results confirmed continuous high-grade mineralization within the main deposit at its Tocantinzinho project, i…
Bigger future for Santa Rita with bigger resource
Nothing succeeds in mine development like drilling success. Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) will start a scoping study on building a smelter at the Santa Rita nickel project in Bahia state, Brazil, aft…
Yamana building up to 1M-oz. mark in Brazil
If Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) chairman and CEO Peter Marrone had been asked about the challenges the company was facing two years ago, he would have come up with a long list.
Market punishes Randsburg after cease-trade lifted
It’s been a rough ride for Randsburg International Gold (RGZ-V, RBGDF-O) over the last 10 months.