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When Rob McEwen first proposed the combination of US Gold (UXG-T, UXG-N) and Minera Andes (MAI-T, MNEAF-O) in June 2011, the chairman, chief executive and largest shareholder of both companies thought the deal easily could be completed by early...
Jan 30, 2012
Driving down cash costs, generating immediate cash flows and building itself into the world's largest primary silver producer sound like good enough reasons for Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) to table a friendly takeover bid for fellow...
Jan 30, 2012
Soltoro (SOL-V) may soon be garnering more well-deserved attention for its growing primary silver resource at the El Rayo silver-gold project here in Mexico's Jalisco State.
Jan 23, 2012
It all started with a phone call. On the line was Standard Bank, looking to auction off some Peruvian properties after a joint venture between two majors had gone sour. On the other end of the line was Panoro Minerals (PML-V), which had worked...
Jan 16, 2012
Soltoro (SOL-V) may start garnering some well-deserved attention with its growing primary silver resource at the El Rayo silver-gold project in Mexico's Jalisco state.
Jan 9, 2012
When Scott McLean packed up and left Xstrata (XTA-L) after a long and fruitful career with Falconbridge, he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his time: find another world-class mine.
Jan 9, 2012
Eldorado Gold's (ELD-T, EGO-N) proposed acquisition of European Goldfields (EGU-T, EGU-L) will enable increased gold production from 650,000 oz. in 2011 to over 1.4 million oz. by 2014 - or a rate of 30% on an annualized basis - the company's...
Jan 2, 2012
Ongoing exploration for a cash-strapped junior is hard to do in a turbulent market, but it can reap handsome rewards. The possibility of a huge payoff has First Mexican Gold's (FMG-V) president and CEO Jim Voisin pushing forward the company's...
Dec 26, 2011
Walter Gretzky famously advised his son Wayne to "skate where the puck's going, not where it's been." In the mining industry today, there's no better exemplar of someone living that kind of wisdom than entrepreneur Ross Beaty, our selection as...
Dec 22, 2011
After a brief stop around midnight to refuel in Panama, Ross Beaty pulls out a sleeping bag from his carry-on and spreads it in the aisle of the luxurious Gulfstream III jet he has chartered to fly a group of mining analysts to Lumina Copper's...
Dec 19, 2011
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