Step-out drilling expands high-grade system at Pebble
Vancouver Recent drilling by Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-Q) has extended a newly identified, high-grade…
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Placer Dome expected to rebuff Barrick bid (November 01, 2005)
Vancouver — The board and management of Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) are hunkered behind closed doors, discussing st…
Phelps Dodge rewards shareholders with dividends
Vancouver By the end of 2006, Phelps Dodge (PD-N) plans to return US$1.5 billion of its recent profits to shareho…
Full Metal blazing in Alaska
Sand Point, Alaska – Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V, FLMTF-O) strategy of focusing on a pro-mining, stable region with…
Franconia sees favourable economics at Birch Lake
The large Birch Lake nickel-copper deposit in northeastern Minnesota could be economically developed as a bulk unde…
Whistle blown on Refco (October 18, 2005)
The trust customers and investors place in a business leader is so hard to quantify and yet so critical to a busine…
Constellation explores Flying Diamond as Lisbon Valley progresses
Vancouver With construction of the Lisbon Valley copper mine nearing completion in Utah, Constellation Copper (CC…
Augusta cuts wide copper at Rosemont (October 13, 2005)
Vancouver – Initial drilling by Augusta Resource (ARS-V, ARCFF-O) at its recently acquired Rosemont copper-molybden…
Idaho General aims high at Mount Hope (October 13, 2005)
Eureka, Nev. – Recently revived Idaho General Mines (IGMI-O) has laid out ambitious production plans for its advanc…
Quadra buys Cambior’s Carlota
Vancouver-based miner Quadra Mining (QUA-T) has sealed a deal to buy Cambior’s (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) Carlota copper projec…
Quaterra options MacArthur copper project
Vancouver A recently executed agreement with a private company gives Quaterra Resources (QTA-V) rights to acquire…
IUC to raise $45 million
Vancouver – Looking to capitalize on its strong equity rally, International Uranium (IUC-T) is lining up a $45 mill…