Court Blocks Rusoro Bid For Gold Reserve
Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) has dropped its hostile takeover offer for Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-X), after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued an interlocutory injunction on Feb. 10 stoppin…
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Queenston raises $18M for gold exploration
Queenston Mining (QMI-T) has big spending plans for the Kirkland Lake gold camp in Northwestern Ontario, where it’s…
Wealth of potential sees Canadian miners through Eritrean turbulence
Eritrea usually finds itself in the western media’s headlines for its dispute with neighbouring Ethiopia over the…
Kootenay steps out at Promontorio
Vancouver – Over the past two years Kootenay Gold (KTN-V) has had a tightly focused drill program at the Pit zone o…
Barrick buys out Teck at Hemlo
In yet another asset sale to deal with its short-term debt crisis, Teck (YCK.B-T, TCK-N) is unloading its half stak…
Yamana Gold makes headway in Mexico, Brazil
It was just four months ago that Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-n, YAU-l) was trading in Toronto at the very bottom of its…
Premier breathes new life into Geraldton
The bright, cold winter light of a January morning heightens the sparseness of the snow-swept streets of Geraldton,…
Newmont posts record revenues in 2008
The Year of the Rat brought higher multiples for Newmont Mining Corp. (NMC-T, NEM-N). The gold major posted 2008 re…
Update: Atna primed to pour gold again at Briggs
[adds updated reserve and production numbers]
Orezone shareholders give Iamgold the nod
The union of Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) and Orezone Resources (OZN-T, OZN-X) will go ahead.
Geologix’s loss is Silver Standard’s gain
Unable to get its hands on the money it needed, Geologix Explorations (GIX-T, GXEFX-O) must walk away from a projec…
China Inc. steps up foreign acquisitions; bids for Oz Minerals
China’s state-owned companies are ratcheting up their acquisitions of struggling mining companies that have been hi…