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U.S. stock markets climbed marginally higher during the April 5-11 period. The S&P 500 index rose 5.09 points to close at 1,181.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 27.42 points to finish…

Creditor protection for Thistle Mining (THT-T) will be extended three months after a decision by the Ontario Superior Court allowing the company to continue with a proposed restruct…

Vancouver — Developing mines in the remote Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is an expensive proposition, even for a major company, so it’s no surprise Madison Minerals (…

Vancouver — Expensing of stock options put Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T) into the red last year by $1.5 million (or 3 a share), though that’s still an improvement over 2003, w…

Construction of the Jericho diamond mine in Nunavut is under way now that Tahera Diamond (TAH-T) has assembled all the pieces for the project….

Anvil Mining (AVM-T) is revising development plans at the Kulumaziba copper tailings project in the Democratic Republic of Congo after determining the resource is larger than previo…

Vancouver — An in-house estimate suggests that reserves at the Zinkgruvan zinc-lead-silver mine in Sweden are smaller than previously calculated….

Vancouver — Kensington Resources (KRT-V) has arranged $35 million in financing to explore the Fort la Corne diamond project in central Saskatchewan….

Vancouver — In northern Manitoba, Alto Ventures (ATV-V) has assembled a land package prospective for shear-hosted and iron formation-hosted gold deposits….

Phelps Dodge (PD-N) has given its “million zero hours award” to four operations in recognition for having operated 1 million consecutive employee hours or more without a serious inj…