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PLATINUM GROUP METALSPlatinum Group Metals staff log drill core at theWestern Bushveld Joint Venture with Anglo Platinum.

Platinum’s future looks bright

Vancouver — If silver’s moniker is the poor man’s gold, platinum’s buoyant price performance must certainly place it in the running as a much richer man’s precious metal. However, despite the lofty p…


Barrick’s bid for NovaGold expires

Vancouver — With the clock ticking down on its US$16.00-per-share bid for control of NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) at presstime, Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) appears likely to become nothing more th…







Gryphon Gold dealt major blow

Vancouver – Reserve and resource miscalculations in a recently completed feasibility study for Gryphon Gold’s (GGN-…


JAMES WHYTEBob Mann (left) and David Black (middle, foreground) of Aquila Resources display core from the Back Forty massive sulphide project in Michigan.

Aquila targets Upper Peninsula

Menominee Cty., Mich. — In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan it’s not hard to imagine you are in northern Ontario. The scenery is much like the north shore of the big lakes, and the little details fit,…


PHELPS DODGEUnder new ownership? -- The copper cathode produced at this tankhouse, currently owned by Phelps Dodge, could be heading directly to the bottom line of copper-gold producer Freeport-McMoRan. The deal -- which has been unanimously approved by the boards of both companies and is anticipated to close in the first quarter of 2007 -- would see Freeport dish out almost US$26 billion in cash and stock for Phelps.

Freeport to swallow Phelps

If shareholders give the go-ahead, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) proposed takeover of Phelps Dodge (PD-N) will create the world’s largest publicly traded copper company and the largest …


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