Getting your permits in China (September 08, 2008)
HONG KONG — Miners intending to enter China’s vast mining and mineral exploration scene need to know the ropes when it comes to the country’s minerals regulatory regime.
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China Zirconium lists on TSX
Rock samples taken from several Apollo space missions suggest that zirconium is found in higher concentrations on the moon than on Earth, according to Canada’s National Research Council.
Entre Gold discovers coal in Mongolia
Entre Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) may be exploring for gold and copper on the resource-rich steppes of Mongolia but as luck would have it, the Canadian junior has also stumbled across some coal within 5 km o…
Follow the money: Inter-Citic has backers equal to none and big dreams for Dachang
When two extremely prominent, high net-worth Chinese families back a Canadian junior mining company, people should probably sit up and take notice.
Holding companies make $259M offer for QGX
Coal and gold explorer QGX (QGX-T, QGXLF-O), one of the first Western companies to get an exploration permit in Mongolia, has received a $259-million takeover offer.
PC Gold looks to set Pickle Crow back in flight (September 08, 2008)
It’s not often a junior gets its hands on a former gold mine that was a “money machine” in its day and still contains significant mineralization.
Axmin’s permits restricted in Central African Republic (September 08, 2008)
A decree by the Central African Republic to amend permits valid for a suite of minerals — restricting them to gold mineralization only –is a devastating blow for Axmin (AXM-V, AXMIF-O), which has sp…
Hathor hits a homer
VANCOUVER — After almost three months of promising scintillometer results, Hathor Exploration (HAT-V, HTHXF-O) released the first set of assay results from its summer drilling program at the Midwest …
Lean and mean has gone too far
The following is an open letter from Buzz Hargrove, the departing national president of the Canadian Auto Workers Union, the largest private sector union in Canada and representative of about 7,500 Ca…
Clear skies in Qinghai for Eldorado Gold (September 08, 2008)
As the first North American gold producer in China, Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has a lot to smile about.
Minco-Sterling merger a no-go
VANCOUVER — Minco Silver (MSV-T, MISVF-O) has cancelled its plans to take over Sterling Mining (SMQ-T, SRLM-O).
Inmet and Petaquilla make nice
Inmet Mining has moved closer to its (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) dream of taking Petaquilla Copper (PTC-T, PTQLF-O) out of the picture at the Petaquilla copper project in Panama, by boosting its bid for the juni…