Harmony’s first pass nets 10.8% of Gold Fields
Harmony Gold (HMY-N) has acquired 53.4 million, or 10.8%, of Gold Fields (GFI-N) issued share capital under the ear…
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Alaska exploration firing on all cylinders
Fairbanks, Alaska — This year’s exploration activity in Alaska will likely exceed that of the last few years combined, as companies continue to be spurred into action by the recent surge in metal prices, especially gold.
Firesteel buoyed by results
Vancouver — Drilling by
Pinnacle strikes gold at Silver Coin
Vancouver — Drilling by
New contract for CEZinc employees
Employees at
Canada, Australia lead in uranium
Over the past 40 years, uranium has become one of the world’s most important energy minerals. It is used almost entirely for making electricity, though a small amount is used for the important task of producing medical isotopes.
Denton-Rawhide open pit eyed as waste dump
Vancouver — The Denton-Rawhide joint venture hopes to generate millions in tipping fees through a new deal that could see its open pit near Fallon, Nev., being used as a municipal waste dump.
Pan American trades Dukat for ducats (November 29, 2004)
Kemess South grows
Vancouver — Buoyant gold and copper prices contributed to stronger earnings for
Shame about the ‘new face’
The official congress of China’s mining industry, “China Mining 2004,” took place in central Beijing in mid-November, hosted by China’s Ministry of Land and Resources, a “super ministry,” formed in 1998, under which all mining in the country opera…
Athabasca Basin attracts uranium explorers
Vancouver — The Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan and Alberta is luring more and more junior companies eager to explore the potential for new uranium discoveries.
Ashton, Soquem prove up Renard cluster at Foxtrot property
Camp Lagopede, Foxtrot, Que. — It has long been speculated that those diamonds that have surfaced randomly and unexpectantly in the last couple of centuries across portions of the U.S., at the southern margins of glaciation, must have had their s…