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VANCOUVER — Central Newfoundland is proving to be a fertile gold region for Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) and Marathon PGM (MAR-T): the joint-venture partners are pulling significant lengths of gol…

Colossus Minerals (CSI-T, COLUF-O) and its joint-venture partner Coomigasp, a 45,000- strong co-operative of local miners, have struck a deal with Vale (VALE-N) to acquire 7 sq. km of land adjacent to…

VANCOUVER — In the three years since it acquired the Antilla project 140 km southwest of Cuzco, Peru, Panoro Minerals (PML-V) has defined a sizable copper-molybdenum resource at the site. Now the jun…

A highlight of the week was the Fraser Institute’s annual Survey of Mining Companies 2009/10, representing the views of high-level managers from around the world on the mineral endowments and public p…

In a research report entitled “Hello Precious” — analysts at Citi Investment Research and Analysis argue that the precious metal space offers “good valuation potential as well as headline commodity u…

The Fraser Institute’s annual survey of mining executives and managers has ranked Quebec the most attractive jurisdiction for exploration and development for the third year in a row.

SGS Minerals has acquired Chilebased geochemical analysts Verilab.

Nordex Explosives (NXX-V) has renewed its contract with URS Canadian Operations, the mine operator at Agrium (AGU-T, AGU-N)’s phosphate operation in Kapuskasing, Ont.

Fluor (FLR-N) has been awarded a US$450-million contract to expand the Jwaneng Cut 8 diamond mine in Botswana.

Aecom Technology Corp. (ACM-N) is no stranger to Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) subsidiary Rio Tinto Coal Australia’s Kestrel mine in Queensland’s Bowen basin. The technology consultants and mine designers …

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The TSX composite index lost momentum over the April 13-20 trading period, retreating 3.74 points to close at 12,144.92. The loss was largely due to a mild sell-off after regulators in the United Stat…