Hochschild Offers $22.5M For Southwestern
VANCOUVER — With its Boka troubles finally settled, Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O) has found itself with a suitor: Hochschild Mining (HCHDF-O, HOC-L) has made a bid to acquire the Vancouver-…
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New Dawn In Zimbabwe
New Dawn Mining (ND-T) plans to take its 100%-owned Turk gold mine in Zimbabwe out of care and maintenance and put it back into production, says the company’s president and CEO, Ian Saunders.
Gammon Scoops Up Junior Gold Producer Capital Gold
Mexico-focused Gammon Gold (GAM-T, GRS-N) has offered to buy small-scale gold producer Capital Gold( CGC-T, CGLD-O), in an all-share deal valued at US$150.5 million.
Bronson Slope Gets A Second Try
VANCOUVER — A preliminary economic assessment of Skyline Gold’s (SK-V, SYGCF-O) Bronson Slope gold-copper-silver project in northern British Columbia says the deposit could support a profitable mine …
Excellon Nixes Onsite Mill In Favour Of Silver Eagle Deal
Excellon Resources (EXN-T, EXLLF-O) is putting plans to build a mill at its Platosa silver-lead-zinc mine in Durango state, Mexico, on hold now that it has struck a friendly merger deal with Silver Ea…
Kinross to buy stake in Harry Winston
Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) is making an usual and sudden move into the diamond business, offering US$150 millio…
Teck ordered to pay US natives $1 million for Trail smelter pollution
Vancouver – After exhausting its appeal options Teck (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) has been ordered to pay more than US$1 mill…
SouthGobi cuts coal resource at Ovoot Tolgoi after mistake discovered
Vancouver – Mathematical errors have led to a major overstatement of a resource estimate at SouthGobi Energy Resour…
Quadra Mining to raise $75 million
In a bought deal agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, Quadra Mining (QUA-T) will raise C$75.3 million that i…
New estimate boosts oxide copper resource at Apoquindo
Vancouver – A concerted drilling effort by Apoquindo Minerals (AQM-V) has increased the resources at its namesake…
Central Sun shareholders support takeover
Vancouver – Central Sun Mining (CSM-T, SMC-N) shareholders have given B2Gold’s (BTO-T, BGLPF-O) takeover of it…
Guinea orders AngloGold to shut Siguiri over trivial matter
Some military junta chiefs sure can be sticklers for etiquette.Take Guinea’s Captain Moussa Dadis Camara.