Iamgold Spies Opportunity Amidst Market Turmoil
Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-n) continues to make the most of a slumping market in its effort to become a leading mid-tier gold producer.
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Cracking The Mystery Of The Matoush Mineralization
SITE VISIT Chibougamau, Que. — The Matoush uranium deposit is unlike any other. It’s not an unconformity deposit, such as those in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin,…
Mongolia Sends Positive Signal To Foreign Miners
Mongolia’s parliament has voted to set a February 2009 deadline for completing a long-awaited draft investment agreement for Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-n) and Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) massive Oyu Tol…
Rusoro Makes Formal Bid For Gold Reserve
Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-o) says its unsolicited takeover bid for Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-x) offers a “compelling premium” and would create the “premier” Venezuelan gold company. But Gold Reserve …
Freeport-McMoRan To Run Lean In 2009
Vancouver– Freeport- McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-n) is making deep cuts to capital spending, nixing its dividend and chopping copper production by 5% in 2009 and by 11% in 2010.
Selwyn Strikes More High-Grade Zinc-Lead
Vancouver — Results are rolling in from a summer exploration program at Selwyn Resources’ (SWN-V, SWNLF-o) namesake project in the east-central Yukon, revealing new zones in the zinc-lead-rich Don Va…
BHP OKs Aussie Iron Ore Expansion
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l) has approved an expansion at its iron ore mining operations in Western Australia, which will raise production by 50 million tonnes to 205 million tonnes per year in 2011.
Scott Lake Delivering For Cogitore
Cogitore Resources (WOO-V) reported its best-ever zinc grades from recent drilling at Scott Lake, near Chibougamau, Que.
Breakwater sheds gold royalties amidst low zinc prices
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) continues to shed assets in an effort to weather the current lows in the base metals m…
Golden Predator Mines to spin-out gold assets
Golden Predator Mines (GP-T) is going to separate its gold and silver assets from its base metal assets in a spin-o…
Silvercorp gains on TLP-LM prefeasibility study
Vancouver – China’s largest primary-silver producer, Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O), now has a five-year …
Feasibility’s in; Marathon PGM seeks financing
Now that Marathon PGM (MAR-T) has completed a feasibility study for its platinum group metal-copper project, the co…