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A view of the Corani main zone in the high Andes of southern Peru. JIM DARTNELL

News May 8, 2006

Bear Creek expands Corani pawprint

Results are in hand for another 26 holes at Bear Creek Mining’s (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) Corani silver project, situated high in the Andes of southern Peru, and the potential for expansion of the 250-million-…

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CNQ Trading (May 08, 2006)

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Overseas Quotes (May 08, 2006)

Australia (A$) May 2 Apr 24 Change
Bendigo Mining 2.36 2.36 0.00
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Dividends (May 08, 2006)

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In February 2005, Anvil Mining president William Turner poses with artisanal cobalt miners at a site a few kilometres outside the town of Mutoshi where the company operates the Kulu copper mine. Local protesters recently killed two of Anvil's staff at Kulu following the death of local artisanal miner, 30-year-old Kayembe Mukoj, allegedly at the hands of Anvil security personnel.BY THE NORTHERN MINER

News May 8, 2006

Bloodshed in the Congo

At least two people are dead following protests at Anvil Mining’s (AVM-T, AVLMF-O, AVM-A) Kulu copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)….

News May 8, 2006

‘Business as usual’ at Ekati

Three weeks into its first-ever strike, BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) 7-year-old Ekati diamond mine, about 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T., appears to be holding up just fine….

The Elkview coal mine loadout facility in the Elk Valley area of southeastern British Columbia, 15 km from Sparwood. Teck Cominco owns a 39% interest in Elkview through the Elk Valley Coal Partnership, which settled most of its 2006 coal contracts at an average price of US$107 per tonne, versus US$122 in 2005.TECK COMINCO

News May 8, 2006

Teck posts record profits

Vancouver — Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O) posted net earnings of $448 million, or $2.19 per share, for the first quarter of 2006, more than double the net income of $205 million, or $1.01 per sh…

A strike at the Yanacocha gold mine (pictured), which accounts for about half Peru's gold output, could come any day now. The mine is operated by Newmont Mining in a partnership with Compania de Minas Buenaventura of Peru.STEPHEN STAKIW

News May 8, 2006

Strike looms over Yanacocha (May 08, 2006)

Roughly two weeks after a group of workers at Latin America’s biggest mine returned to work, miners at Peru’s Yanacocha gold mine are threatening to walk off the site again….

News May 8, 2006

Editorial: Silver paper

It used to be said in the Canadian Football League that the Toronto Argonauts won the Grey Cup every June. Silver is the Toronto Argonauts of the metals: it has had its breakout year every December si…

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