Redcorp courts partners for Tulsequah Chief
Vancouver – Strong metal prices have prompted Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T) to continue efforts to revive the stalled T…
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Aurcana grabbing Mexican mine (February 06, 2006)
Vancouver – Aurcana (AUN-V, AUNFF-O) is boosting its Mexican minerals portfolio with an agreement to acquire the La…
Barrick targets Placer minorities
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) plans to compulsorily acquire the balance of Placer Dome’s (PDG-T, PDG-N) shares, after…
Blue Pearl jumps on Davidson drilling
Shares in Blue Pearl Mining (BLE-T) were $1.60, or 75%, higher at an all-time high of $3.74 in late afternoon tradi…
Anglo closes coal deal with Hillsbororough
Vancouver – Anglo Coal, a division of diversified miner Anglo American (AAL-L), has secured a foothold in Western …
Scotch’d, not killed
The political scholar Eugene Forsey called the 1957 Canadian federal election, the defeat of St. Laurent’s Liberal government and the entry of a Conservative minority, “our great deliverance.” The inf…
Exchange Rates (February 06, 2006)
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The DRC: Unlimited potential or relentless turmoil?
The recent killings of eight UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reminded the world of the chaotic flux at work in the country. Every time optimism begins to take hold in the DRC,…
African Copper busy with Botswana revivals
Some impressive results from a pair of advanced copper projects in Botswana have seen shares in London-based explorer
Northern Dynasty gets Pebble East resource estimate
Vancouver — Initial resource estimates on the deeper, eastern section of
New World takes plunge in Bolivia
Vancouver — In the face of a recent major shift towards socialism in Bolivia,
Cigar Lake: Saskatchewan’s next uranium producer
Second only to McArthur River,