TNM’s Mining Persons of the Year: Aurelian’s Anderson, Barron, Leary
Our “Mining Person of the Year” award for 2008 goes to the trio of Patrick Anderson, Keith Barron and Stephen Leary…
Gold
Franco-Nevada to take 7.29% royalty on Gold Quarry
Franco-Nevada (FNV-T, FNNVF-o) has more than US$500 million in cash and other facilities to pay for new investments…
Barrick appoints Aaron Regent as CEO
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) founder and chairman, Peter Munk, has appointed former Falconbridge CEO, Aaron Regent, …
Fronteer plans to acquire Aurora Energy Resources
Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-x) is the single largest shareholder, with 42%, of Aurora Energy Resources (…
Rusoro Makes Formal Bid For Gold Reserve
Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-o) says its unsolicited takeover bid for Gold Reserve (GRZ-T, GRZ-x) offers a “compelling premium” and would create the “premier” Venezuelan gold company. But Gold Reserve …
Fortress Cuts High-Grade At Svetloye
Vancouver– Fortress Minerals (FST-V, FTMNF-o) has pulled a long and tantalizingly high-grade gold intercept from the Amy zone at its Svetloye property, 220 km southwest of Okhotsk, in Russia’s Far Ea…
Mongolia Sends Positive Signal To Foreign Miners
Mongolia’s parliament has voted to set a February 2009 deadline for completing a long-awaited draft investment agreement for Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-n) and Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) massive Oyu Tol…
Iamgold Spies Opportunity Amidst Market Turmoil
Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-n) continues to make the most of a slumping market in its effort to become a leading mid-tier gold producer.
Northern Dynasty, Anglo Update Pebble Resource
Vancouver — As Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-T, NAK-x) and Anglo American (AAUK-Q , AAL-l) move the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum property in Alaska foward, the partners have released an updated res…
Great Basin Buys Mill For Hollister
Vancouver — Great Basin Gold (GBG-T, GBN-x) is trying to get two mines into production within the next six months and in recent weeks has taken a few important steps towards that goal.
Dogpaw Fetches Good Grades For Houston Lake
Seventy-six per cent of the holes Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-o) has drilled on its Dogpaw Lake property, near Kenora, Ont., have intersected values of 3 grams gold per tonne or higher.
Intrepid Hits Lengthy Gold Intervals In Indonesia
Vancouver — Recent drilling at Zone A of the Tumpangpitu prospect delivered Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-a) its best oxide drill results to date from the Tujuh Bukit property, near the eastern tip of J…