Lower Production Hurts Quadra
Second-quarter production was lower than expected for Vancouverbased copper miner Quadra Mining (QUA-T, QADMF-O), and the company’s shares fell as a result.
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Yamana Steps In To Aid Orphanage
A US$100,000 donation by Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) will allow a folding orphanage in Ethiopia to stay afloat until 43 of its children can come to Canada to live with their new families.
People (August 24, 2009)
Allied Nevada Gold — Deborah Lassiter appointed director of corporate environmental affairs.
CBGA III Bullish For Gold
Early August provided some good news for gold bulls in the form of a second, five-year renewal of the landmark Central Bank Gold Agreement (CBGA), now approaching its 10th anniversary.
How The Toxics Reduction Strategy Could Label Your Drugstore A Dangerous Place
— The following is an article from the Ontario Mining Association.
First Resource For Crosshair’s Bootheel Uranium Project
The state of Wyoming has produced well in excess of 200 million lbs. of uranium oxide and Crosshair Exploration & Mining (CXX-T, CXZ-X) believes its flagship Bootheel project will play a role in b…
Crescent Gold Expands Laverton
Although Crescent Gold’s (CRA-T, CRE-A) Barnicoat mill in Laverton, Western Australia, will remain on care and maintenance, the company is buying up nearby land packages with a production plan in mind…
ATW Gold Targets Gold-Copper At Gullewa
VANCOUVER — As part of a confirmation and stepout drill program at its Gullewa project in Australia, ATW Gold (ATW-V, ATWGF-O) has hit a 28-metre intercept grading 1.54 grams gold per tonne, 1.5 gram…
Costs Down For FNX In Q2
Cost cutting was the key to FNX Mining’s (FNX-T, FNXMF-O) second- quarter success.
Lundin’s Rebound Buoys HudBay
VANCOUVER– HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) failed bid to acquire Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LUNMF-O) in the spring led to a nasty boardroom battle and then new leadership for the mid-tier Canadian miner…
Uranerz Reports Resource For Arkose
The Pumpkin Buttes are a series of small buttes or steep-sided hills several hundred feet high in the central portion of Wyoming’s Powder River basin — a district well known for hosting roll-front-ty…
Gleichen To Buy Teck’s Morelos
VANCOUVER — Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) has agreed in principle to sell its 78.8% stake in the Morelos gold property to junior explorer Gleichen Resources (GRL-V, GRLFF-O) for US$150 million and a 4.9% in…