Toronto-based Noranda has signed an agreement with Wilmington, Del.-based chemical giant DuPont to form Noranda DuPont LLC, a 50-50 joint venture, to market, transport and distribute sulphuric acid in…
Gitennes Exploration (GIT-T) has moved two drill rigs on to the Alumbre gold pect at its Virgen property in north-central Peru in an effort to determine the extent of mineralization. Further stepout d…
Boliden (BOL-T), whose Los Frailes mine was shut down by a tailings dam failure on April 25, now estimates that repairs to the dyke and remedial work downstream from the break could put the mine back …
Teck (TEK-T) has enountered low-grade copper mineralization in its first round of drilling at the Mocha porphyry prospect in northern Chile.Under an agreement with its joint-venture partner, Royal Sil…
The smooth operation of two low-cost mines enabled Aur Resources (AUR-T) to turn a fourth-quarter profit in the face of lower copper and zinc prices.Aur reported earnings of $377,000 (or 1 cent per sh…
The Ontario government is looking to boost mineral exploration in the province by putting $2 million into the Ontario Prospectors Assistance Program (OPAP).”We support the mineral exploration industry…
A deal between Vancouver, Wash.-based Columbia Ventures and the government of British Columbia has paved the way for construction of a primary aluminum production plant in the province.Construction of…
In a deal worth US$5 million, Kinross Gold (K-T) has picked up two groups of properties in the prolific Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia.The first, dubbed Mt. Henry, covers 545 sq. km ne…
Due to poorer-than-anticipated recovery in the leaching circuit, Phelps Dodge (PDn-N) plans to curtail production at the Chino copper operation in New Mexico.The move will lower annual production at C…
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A Russian diamond project involving Archangel Diamond (AAD-V) is being closely watched by Canaccord Capital’s resident diamond expert, David James.James rates the company a “speculative buy” and is pa…
Could you please advise me, and other shareholders, of the present status of Rea Gold?.BJames BethuneRea Gold and its subsidiary, Bissett Gold Mining, filed for bankruptcy in December 1997 after faili…
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