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Vancouver — Strong copper and molybdenum prices propelled Taseko Mines (TKO-V, TGB-X) to after-tax earnings of $24.4 million (or 23 per share) in fiscal 2005….

News January 9, 2006

Royal Gold buying Kennecott royalties

Vancouver — Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) is expanding its portfolio by spending US$25 million for a pair of royalties owned by Kennecott, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto…

News January 9, 2006

Solitario drilling cuts gold at Mercurio (January 09, 2006)

Early-stage drilling on the Mercurio gold prospect in the Tapajos region of Par state, Brazil, has intersected some substantial widths of gold mineralization….

News January 9, 2006

Geoscientists in short supply

The red flags have been up for years: there are simply not enough students entering the earth sciences to sustain the mining and petroleum sector….

News January 9, 2006

Wind energy is the fastest-growing electricity source on the planet today, and for good reason: it is becoming increasingly competitive with traditional electricity sources and has a very low environm…

News January 9, 2006

Roy Lloyd

Roy Lloyd, a Saskatchewan government employee who helped establish Cameco — now the largest uranium producer in the world — has died of cancer. He was 64….