Strike prunes a week from Cambior’s Rosebel
Workers have returned to their posts at Cambior’s (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) flagship Rosebel open-pit gold mine in Suriname following an agreement with the union….
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Great Basin heats up Burnstone
Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-X) plans to immediately get the permitting ball rolling after a recent feasibility study concluded that a 1.5-million-tonne per year underground mine could be supported at…
Genco goes for efficiency at Temascaltepec
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Andean American alone at Invicta
Vancouver — Junior gold producer Andean American Mining (AAG-V, ANMCF-O) will advance its Invicta gold project, in west-central Peru, on its own, following notice that Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) wil…
Goldcorp ready to develop Canada’s newest gold camp
Vancouver — With grades and production starting to slip at the Red Lake gold mine in northwestern Ontario, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) is stepping up the pace of exploration at its newly acquired lonore g…
South Deep production halved for up to a year (May 29, 2006)
After a recent accident that could halve production from Johannesburg-listed Western Areas’ (WARSF-O) 50%-owned South Deep gold mine in South Africa for up to a year, the company plans to sell shares…
Agnico-Eagle expands as costs fall
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) continues to build on its impressive assets with the announcement that it will go ahead with its LaRonde II project in northwestern Quebec….
TSX runs gold index up flagpole (May 29, 2006)
Details are sketchy, but the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and rating and index agency Standard & Poor’s will develop a Global Gold Index to track the share prices of leading gold mining companies….
Int’l Minerals tops up treasury to develop Rio Blanco
Vancouver — Closure of its $92-million public offering has International Minerals (IMZ-T, IMZLF-O) with funds in hand to advance construction and development of its Rio Blanco gold-silver project in…
AngloPlats continues commitment at Pacific North West’s River Valley
Vancouver — With the platinum price hitting new record highs and palladium rallying to a more than 5-year high, Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T, PAWEF-O) has received notice from joint-venture part…
People (May 29, 2006)
Greystar Res. — German del Corral Geoff Chater appointed directors; A. G. Spat and Fernando Suescun resigned as directors….
Endeavour Silver makes strides at Guanacevi
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