Teck offers more cash, fewer shares for Inco
The widely anticipated bidding war for Inco (N-T, N-N) is afoot, with Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) boosting the ca…
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Toronto Stock Exchange (July 18-24, 2006)
Mergers in the latter part of the July 18-24 period buoyed the S&P-TSX Composite Index by 144.54 points to 11,625.16….
TSX Venture Exchange (July 18-24, 2006)
Investors may be enjoying the lazy days of summer, but mining companies seem more focused on deal-making, with a flurry of merger proposals being floated by both junior and major companies. Despite th…
Stornoway bids for Ashton, Contact
Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T) is offering to take over two other diamond explorers to create a $200-million company, and has lined up agreements with controlling shareholders that make the deal look likel…
Pipes not found in ’80s
I want to set the record straight on an article regarding Tournigan Mines that appeared on page B3 in the June 30 – July 6, 2006, issue of The Northern Miner….
Barrick makes push for NovaGold, Pioneer
A legal dispute and hostile takeover bid involving NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) and Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) was the catalyst that prompted Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) to make all-cash offers for bot…
Universal opens up Lisbon Valley
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Editorial: Uranium’s day finally arrives (July 31, 2006)
There are now more than 100 Canadian juniors actively looking for uranium.…
The First Nickel breakup
A month after hostilities broke out, the dust has finally settled in the boardroom of Sudbury, Ont.-focused junior First Nickel (FNI-T), leaving a few members on the outside looking in, including form…
People (July 31, 2006)
Anglo Swiss Res. — Derrick Strickland appointed qualified person for diamond exploration programs in the N.W.T….
Sabina Silver delivers hot hole at Hackett River (July 31, 2006)
Vancouver — Significant initial results are trickling in from Sabina Silver’s (SBB-V, SBBFF-O) 2006 resource drilling campaign at its Hackett River silver-zinc project in western Nunavut….
U.S. Markets (July 31, 2006)
Mining equities were mostly lower in an otherwise rallying U.S. stock market over the reporting period July 18-24. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 26.42 points, or 2.1%, to 1,260.91, and the…