Glimmer mine shuts down
Partners Exall Resources (EXL-T) and Glimmer Resources (GME-V) have suspended production at their Glimmer gold mine in northern Ontario.The pair hopes to resume production in the near future, and, tow…
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Boliden to issue shares, retain Chilean assets
Swedish-Canadian miner Boliden (BOL-T) says it will go ahead with a financial restructuring as its board of directo…
BHP shareholders okay merger
Shareholders of Australia’s BHP (BHP-N) voted in favour of a proposed US$32-billion merger with Billiton to create…
De Beers buyout okayed
Shareholders of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) have approved an US$18.7-billion buyout offer that would see…
Silver Standard hits down under
Vancouver — A newly completed 12-hole reverse-circulation drill program by Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has e…
McWatters seeing red
With mining suspended at the Sigma-Lamaque open-pit gold mine in Val d’Or, Que., McWatters Mining (MCW-T) has poste…
Minera eyes PGMs
Vancouver — With Pacific North West Capital (PFN-V) drilling its Janes-Davis property, Minera Capital (MNL-V) has…
Trading Summary (May 18, 2001)
A US$12.65-per-oz. rise in the price of gold in New York sent the Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold issues soaring on F…
Third high-grade centre found at Hope Bay
Vancouver — An ongoing drill program over the Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut continues to cut new zones of miner…
Duck Pond feasibility study tabled
Partners Thundermin Resources (THR-T) and Queenston Mining (QMI-T) have tabled the results of a detailed feasibilit…
FM eyes Kansanshi
Vancouver — In keeping with its corporate philosophy of growth through acquisition, First Quantum Minerals (FM-T)…
Freeport targets Guru Ridge
Vancouver –The mighty Grasberg operation may get just a little bit bigger if Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N…