Suppliers News (August 23, 2006)
Genivar signs engineering deal to reopen CaribouBlue Note Metals (BNT-V) has hired Montreal-based engineering f…
News
Editorial: Val d’Or booming again
Miners, geologists and mining engineers are well acquainted with the benefits of life in the small, remote towns th…
NovaGold starts construction of Rock Creek gold mine
Vancouver – The state of Alaska and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have issued the necessary permits for NovaGol…
Goldmarca tests high-grade targets at Condor
Vancouver – A recent hole drilled by Goldmarca (GML-V) has intersected another high-grade zone at the Condor gold …
Hunter Dickinson eyes a Detour
Privately-held Hunter Dickinson Group plans to float another new company on Pelangio Mines’ (PLG-T, PLGOF-O) develo…
Condor hatches more results
Aurelian Resources (ARU-V, AUREF-O) has delivered another pair of long intervals of high-grade gold from its Fruta …
Osisko up on results from the Abitibi
Osisko Exploration’s (OSK-T) latest drill results from its Canadian Malartic gold property sent the company’s share…
Xstrata sacks Pannell, Regent (August 21, 2006)
Swiss-based Xstrata (XTA-L) did not waste anytime gutting Falconbridge (FL-T, FL-N) management after winning the ta…
Nunavut’s Pelly Bay area shows diamond potential
A new kimberlite camp is emerging in the Canadian Arctic as Indicator Minerals (IME-V) has discovered several large, pipe-like kimberlite bodies during a summer drilling campaign on the Darby project…
Plot thickens in battle for Inco
Brazilian iron ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) has turned up the heat in the battle for control of Inco (N-T, N-N) with an all-cash bid of $86.00 per share….
Boddington gets the green light
On care and maintenance since the last of the oxide reserves were mined out at the end of 2001, the Boddington gold mine in Australia received the go-ahead earlier this year for a US$1.35-US$1.5 billi…
People (August 20, 2006)
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada — Kim MacDonald appointed administrative assistant to MaryAnne Mihychuk and Philip Bousquet; Lisa McDougall appointed convention coordinator….