High River Gold’s Hardships
After preparing the markets for some sort of deal, a deal has indeed been done: High River Gold Mines (HRG-T, HRIVF-o) has announced a massive private placement with Russian steel giant Severstal that…
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BHP Billiton Drops Rio Tinto Offer
The world’s largest miner, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l), has withdrawn its hostile takeover bid for fellow mega-miner Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-l).
VMS Ventures keeps hitting good grades at Reed Lake
Vancouver – The Reed Lake discovery continues to return solid copper-zinc-silver-gold intersections for VMS Venture…
Capoose on track for Silver Quest
Vancouver – As part of its efforts to update a historical resource estimate, Silver Quest Resources (SQI-V) h…
Vaaldiam puts on the brakes
Vaaldiam Resources (VAA-T) says the world financial crisis and a 25% drop in rough diamond prices since September h…
Has AuEx discovered Nevada’s next gold district?
Nevada is well-known for prolific gold districts such as Comstock, the Carlin Trend and Cortez Trend. Many explorat…
Cameco suspends UF6 production in Port Hope
Cameco Corp. (CCO-T, CCJ-N) is suspending uranium hexafluoride (UF6) production at its plant in Port Hope until the…
Osisko keeps the good news rolling
The latest results from Osisko Mining (OSK-T) and its Canadian Malartic project in Quebec sent its shares climbing….
Gulf region and India to cushion fall in copper usage
Vancouver – It is hard to believe given the bleak numbers the Lisbon-based International Copper Study Group (ICSG) …
Minto copper mine plugged into powergrid
Vancouver – The recently completed connection of Capstone Mining’s (CS-T) Minto copper mine to the powergrid …
Great Panther moves up on results
Strong drill results helped Great Panther Resources (GPR-T) partake in the commodities rally on the TSX on W…
BHP drops Rio Tinto bid
The world’s largest miner, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L), has withdrawn its hostile takeover bid for fellow mega-mine…