Vancouver-based Underworld Resources (UW-V) has completed two small drilling programs on its gold properties in New Zealand. The resulting assays will help determine how the company allocates the $3 m…
Just a little more than two months after completing a 4,200-metre drilling program at its Dunrobin and Matala gold deposits in Zambia, Luiri Gold (LGL-V) released new mineral resource estimates showin…
Tsunamis and civil wars are just some of the problems that could hinder the development of a mine in a tropical paradise like the Solomon Islands.
The outlook on Bay Street continued to be grim over the Aug. 14-20 trading period. The TSX Composite Index fell another 317.11 points to 13,110.34 for the period, as word that the U.S. subprime mortga…
Sean Boyd, vice-chairman and chief executive of Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) is feeling pretty chuffed these days.
Vancouver — Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-O) has started commercial production at its Chang Shan Hao (CSH 217) open-pit gold mine in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China.
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Antimony : Mid-mkt US$5,470/t.
Pebble Creek Mining (PEB-V) of Vancouver is banking on becoming the first foreign company and the first private-sector company to start up a new precious and base metals mine in India in more than fif…
Highland Gold Mining (HGM-L) has sold its unprofitable Darasun mine in eastern Russia to a private mining company, Yuzhuralzoloto (Southern Urals Gold), for US$25 million.
While earlier in the week, Wall Street was pondering how un-gentle the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, Ben Bernanke, could really be, the single most important figure on the U.S. financial scene…
Market mayhem hit the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index over the Aug. 14-20 trading session, with the junior board falling 11.6% to finish the week off 334.43 points lower at 2,548.45. On Aug. 16, t…
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