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Closing the problem-plagued and unprofitable Tartan Lake gold mine in Manitoba is likely to be among the first of several initiatives undertaken by Colin Kaiser to place Granges Inc. (TSE) on the road…

In a week when trading activity could only be described as lacklustre, what little action there was came from a couple of unlikely sources. Reed Lake Exploration and Dunfrazier Gold are two issues, wh…

A decline has reached its target depth 150 ft underground on the Eagle River joint venture property owned by Central Crude (TSE) and Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) in the Mishibishu gold camp. Situated 53 mil…

A New York court has dismissed for lack of evidence American Barri ck Resources’ (TSE) recent attempt to stifle an alleged disinformation campaign relating to a lawsuit over the Mercur gold mine in Ut…

The Doe Run Company’s southeast Missouri mining and milling division has passed two safety milestones. Earlier this summer, its 516 employees passed one million hours of work — or more than 11 months…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $358.80 –$ 1.20 Silver* $ 5.08 –$ 0.01 Platinum* $474.60 –$ 1.15 Nickel** $ 4.86 –$ 0.45 Lead** $ 0.32 –$ 0.02 Cop…

Semi-monthly report as of Aug 31 showed 30,170,240 shares of 607 issues compared with 32,020,882 shares of 619 issues on Aug 15. Larger individual positions include: Agnico-Eagle 75,700 down 133,700; …

By way of a property exchange with Cyprus Metals Exploration, Plexus Resources Corp. (TSE) has acquired development rights to an advanced copper-gold-silver property some 45 miles east of Salem, Ore. …

Black Cliff — M. Au sold 189,000 (Aug., private) @ 20 cents to hold 87,500. Brewbac — N. Brewster sold 23,621 (July) @ 10 cents to hold 38,592. Cane — Jonpol bought 40,000 (July) @ 9 cents -10 cen…

Now in its ninth edition, Register of Australian Mining is a handy guide to the country’s mines, their locations and reserves. Once again, gold outshines all other metals, occupying one-third of the b…

Toronto-based Black Hawk Mining (TSE) is planning a private placement of its shares with merchant banker DCC Equities to fund further exploration on the company’s recently acquired Minago nickel proje…

The results of a positive feasibility study have been received by Timberline Minerals (NASDAQ) for its MacArthur copper project in Lyon County, Nev. The property hosts mineable oxide copper reserves t…