Wolfden gets positive numbers on Arctic projects (June 28, 2006)
Preliminary economic assessments of the Izok, Ulu and High Lake deposits in Nunavut’s western mainland, done for ow…
Gold
Rio Tinto to grab 9.9% stake in Northern Dynasty
Vancouver — Rio Tinto (RTP-N) subsidiary Kennecott Canada Exploration is taking a 9.9% equity position in Hunter D…
Bema, Arizona Star regain Cerro Casale
Partners Bema Gold (BGO-T, BGO-X) and Arizona Star Resource (AZS-V, AZS-X) have inked definitive deals to acquire B…
Agnico-Eagle goes international through Finland
It is over an ocean and 6,000 km northeast of LaRonde, Quebec, but with pine-forest covered hills and a pro-mining …
Gryphon Gold gets Borealis production permits
Vancouver – Gryphon Gold (GGN-T, GYPH-O) has received key permits necessary to commence production from oxide gold …
Sydney, Band-Ore revise merger plan
The two-is-better-than-one asset trade between Sydney Resource (SYR-V) and Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) has been turn…
Romarco ties up epithermal gold district in Mexico
Vancouver – Two separate agreements with a Mexican vendor have allowed Romarco Minerals (R-V) to acquire an entire…
5M-oz deposit in Ecuador?
How do you top “great” drill results that have included 8.4 grams gold per tonne uncut across 205 metres from a new grassroots discovery in the jungle of southeastern Ecuador? You follow it up with an…
Exall, Southern Star drill deep into Red Lake gold camp
Red Lake, Ont. — This is a gold camp that has a history of regeneration, rising every few years on the back of a big discovery or an upturn in the gold market. The mid-1990s discoveries at the Red La…
U.S. Gold stalled in takeover bids (June 26, 2006)
U.S. Gold (USGL-O) has withdrawn its takeover offer for White Knight Resources (WKR-V, WITNF-O) in response to an opinion from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that the offer had n…
NovaGold launches hostile bid for Pioneer Metals
In the midst of a squabble over the Grace copper-gold property in B.C., NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) has launched a hostile takeover bid for the company pursuing litigation against it — Pioneer Me…
Luz del Cobre financed, with a string
Gold and copper hopeful Zaruma Resources (ZMR-T, ZMRAF-O) has inked a memorandum of understanding that would see co…