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Gold industry should address critics
With the gold price reaching a 20-year high, gold miners should be celebrating. Instead, a string of high-profile newspaper articles and the powerful “No Dirty Gold” consumer campaign — both highligh…
Hermit junta heads for the hills
Plenty of national governments have moved their country’s capital from a commercial centre out to the boonies, but no one has done it in quite the same demented style as Myanmar’s notorious military j…
Queenstake moving in right direction
Vancouver — Based on its latest quarterly results,
Royal to bankroll Taranis
Fresh from financing
Crowflight thinks it’s got new tonnage (November 21, 2005)
Drilling this summer and fall on the Bucko nickel deposit, near Wabowden in northern Manitoba, will allow
Centerra earnings shrink, Kumtor grows
Lower production and higher costs sent
First Nickel considers shaft extensions
Sudbury, Ont. — It’s a long, circuitous journey along the ramp that leads from the bottom of the Lockerby shaft at 1,300 metres underground to the production level at 1,900 metres — and not the most…
Glencairn tames wildcat action (November 18, 2005)
Operations at the Limon gold mine in Nicaragua are up and running again after owner Glencairn Gold (GGG-T, GLE-X) r…
Northern Peru Copper drills hot hole at Galeno (November 18, 2005)
Vancouver – Continuing its trend of pulling long mineralized intersections, Northern Peru Copper (NOC-T, NPUCF-O) d…
Battle for Orphan Boy continues
Vancouver — A legal battle for control of Orphan Boy Resources (ORS-V) is set for another round even after the Sup…
Barrick settles lawsuits, wins apology (November 18, 2005)
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) and New Orleans-based coin and bullion dealer Blanchard & Co., and Herbert Davies, have…