Petra Diamonds group to buy De Beers’ Cullinan mine
Vancouver — Petra Diamonds (PDMDF-O, PDL-L) is leading a group planning to buy the Cullinan diamond mine in South Africa from De Beers for 1 billion rand (US$149 million).
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Mirabela Nickel shines
When Mirabela Nickel’s (MNB-T, MBN-A) Santa Rita hard-rock nickel deposit in Brazil starts producing 18,500 tonnes …
Diamond Fields under water in Namibia
Diamond Fields (DFI-T) and Australian-based Bonaparte Diamond Mines (BON-A) are finding more diamonds of the coast …
Earnings: Monroe, Oromonte
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands except per-share figures,…
Zincore plans prefeasibility for Accha
Now that Zincore Metals (ZNC-T) has a resource estimate for its Accha deposit in southern Peru, the company’s visio…
Sanatana jumps on kimberlite results (December 07, 2007)
Vancouver – The first results from Sanatana Diamond’s (STA-V) Dharma kimberlite pipe in the Northwest Territories s…
Breakwater gets a fix at Mochito
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) announced that its Mochito mine in Honduras is back to normal operation. Milling had…
Chinese suitors offer $13.75 a share for Northern Peru
Vancouver – In a deal valued at $455 million, Northern Peru Copper (NOC-V) is being bought out by China Minmetals a…
First Quantum acquires 17.2% of Equinox
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) is quietly buying up shares of fellow copper miner Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQ…
Skygold and Wildrose plan to merge
Vancouver – Joint venture partners no more: Skygold Ventures (SKV-V) and Wildrose Resources (WRS-V) have decided to…
Constellation Copper stops mining at Lisbon
The troubled Lisbon Valley copper project in southeastern Utah will shut down mining in early 2008, converting to a…
Pallinghurst bows out after Palmary bids A$5 for Consmin
It looks like the last bidder standing in the battle for Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L, CSM-A) is Palmary Enterp…