Taca Taca cha-cha: Rio returns option to Lumina (August 26, 2008)
Vancouver – After drilling six holes Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) has passed the buck again on Taca Taca, giving its op…
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South Africa plans to restrict uranium exports
South African minerals and energy minister Buyelwa Sonjica is planning to limit uranium exports from the country, a…
Inmet and Petaquilla Copper make nice
Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T) dream of taking Petaquilla Copper (PTC-T) out of the picture and thereby clearing its path t…
Entree Gold discovers coal in Mongolia
Entre Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) may be exploring for gold and copper on the resource-rich steppes of Mongolia but as l…
Jo shows more zinc and silver for Sabina (August 25, 2008)
Vancouver – While a frustrating delay continues to hang over its Hackett River prefeasibility study, Sabina Silver …
Reserves keep growing at Pallancata
Vancouver – For the second time in five months, International Minerals (IMZ-T, IMZLF-O) and Hochschild Mining (HCHD…
Australia allows Chinalco a 15% Rio Tinto stake
The Australian government has approved a maximum limit of 14.99% holding in the shares of mining giant Rio Tinto PL…
Change at the top for Verena
The promising exploration growth Verena Minerals (VML-T) has shown recently in Brazil will have to be driven by a n…
Baffin Island sparkles for Peregrine Diamonds
It’s not every day that you find diamonds outcropping at surface in the Arctic and some geologists will go a lifeti…
Short Position Report (August 25, 2008)
TSX Short Positions Short positions outs…
Yankee Hat forms tungsten JV with Japanese group (August 25, 2008)
Restrictions on tungsten exports from China have caused resource-poor Japan to look to the Yukon and Northwest Territories as a new source for the rare metal.
Harmony, Newcrest, team up in PNG at Hidden Valley
Two of the biggest gold miners not listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange are combining forces in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with the hopes of bringing a large-scale gold and silver mine into production by …