Gold potential growing at Oromin’s Sabodala
Vancouver – A rapid-fire drill campaign at Oromin Explorations’ (OLE-V) Sabodala project in Senegal continues to pr…
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Champion Minerals expands iron property
Champion Minerals (CHM-V) is buying up yet more land next door to its existing 100% owned Attikamagen Lake iron p…
No end in sight for moly rally (March 24, 2008)
Diminishing inventories, surging steel consumption and the widening scope of end-uses for molybdenum will sustain t…
Merrex delivers Mali gold
Merrex Gold (MXI-V, MXGIF-O)was eager get to drill results to the market from its operations in Mali, so it issued partial results from the first phase of drilling at its Siribaya gold project.
Strike at Inmet’s Ok Tedi shortlived
A strike at Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) Ok Tedi copper-gold mine, in Papua New Guinea, lasted only four days, with workers agreeing to go back to work at the project on March 15.
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE (March 24, 2008)
Any gains over the March 11-17 trading period were shortlived after many Canadian stocks retreated on news of a fire sale south of the border — JPMorgan Chase agreed to buy Bear Stearns for less than…
SEC cracks down on hijacking (March 24, 2008)
Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T, PZG-X) is one of 26 companies that have been temporarily suspended by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly hijacking the identities of defunct o…
Western Canadian Coal to acquire Falls Mountain
Close on the heels of completing a $40-million private placement of convertible debentures late last year, Western Canadian Coal (WTN-T, WTN-L) says it is set to acquire Cambrian Mining’s (CGIIF-O, CB…
Eldorado inks iron ore deal with BHP
VANCOUVER — Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has signed an agreement to sell future iron ore production from its 75%-owned Vila Nova project, in northern Brazil’s Amapa state, to mining giant BHP Billito…
Pencari quietly builds Madagascar holdings;Pencari quietly builds Madagascar holdings
About 15% of the land available for mining in Madagascar is unclaimed and it’s going fast, the country’s minister of energy and mines, Elyse Razaka, told The Northern Miner during an interview at the …
The uranium bottleneck
Be prepared for continued volatility in the uranium market this year, but don’t expect the crazy price jumps of 2007, warned Ux Consulting senior vice-president Eric Webb at the recent Prospectors and…
Minco Gold releases resource for Changkeng
Drive for half an hour southwest of Guangzhou — China’s fourth-largest city of 13 million people, across the border from Hong Kong — and you’ll come across the Changkeng gold project, where Minco Go…