Goldcorp and Glamis table merger plans
Vancouver – The latest in a series of mega-mining-mergers sees Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) looking to boost its ranking am…
United States
Kinross completes Crown takeover (August 31, 2006)
Shareholders of Crown Resources (CRCE-O) have voted in favour of the acquisition of Crown by Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC…
Forest fire smokes out Stillwater
A night shift was cancelled at the Stillwater palladium-platinum mine in Montana after smoke from a nearby forest f…
High hopes for Hollister
Vancouver — An updated preliminary assessment of Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-X) and Hecla Mining’s (HL-N) proposed underground gold mine at the Hollister Development Block project in north-central N…
Sheffield cuts wide copper at Moonlight
Vancouver – Sheffield Resources (SLD-V, SLDOF-O) has been drilling away on its Moonlight copper property in norther…
Kensington tailings on hold
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has issued a temporary injunction halting construction act…
General Minerals to spin-out silver-focused company
Vancouver – Appreciated prices and fundamentals for silver have prompted General Minerals (GNM-T) to spin-off cert…
NovaGold starts construction of Rock Creek gold mine
Vancouver – The state of Alaska and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have issued the necessary permits for NovaGol…
Gryphon Gold putting Borealis into production
Vancouver – With a positive feasibility study in hand for heap leach operations at its Borealis project near Hawtho…
Freegold trenches extensive high-grade at Golden Summit
Vancouver – Trench results from Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) Golden Summit project, near Fairbanks, Alaska, …
Higher gold prices help offset declining production for Royal Gold
Vancouver – Royalties covering a global portfolio of gold mines generated record revenues of US$28.4 million for R…
Queenstake taps high-grade gold at Mahala
Vancouver – Underground exploration drilling by Queenstake Resources (QRL-T, QEE-X) on the Mahala deposit in its Sm…