Editorial: The lucky country (December 19, 2006)
Part of Chile rioted in joy, and the rest rioted in rage earlier this month.Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, once presi…
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Sparton eyes uranium in Chinese coal ash
Vancouver – Research by Sparton Resources (SRI-V, SPNRF-O) has identified a major source of coal ash in China conta…
Iamgold sells bauxite mine to China’s Bosai Minerals
Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N, IGD-A) has sold its bauxite assets in Guyana to China’s Bosai Minerals for about US$46 milli…
Holiday strike at Centerra’s Kumtor
Christmas isn’t coming early for Centerra Gold (CG-T). The Toronto-based company with a penchant for operating in d…
Taseko eyes Gibraltar increase
Vancouver- Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-A) is eyeing a sharp increase in metal production at its flagship Gibraltar min…
Mantle plans Ecstall takeover
Vancouver – Looking to consolidate ownership in the high-grade Akie zinc-lead project in northeastern British Colum…
Record-breaking uranium price poised to go higher
Vancouver – Record-breaking uranium prices are poised to go higher as investor funds try to cash in on a rally that…
Resource up at Young-Davidson (December 18, 2006)
Resources at the Young-Davidson gold project near Matachewan, Ont., have grown substantially in a new estimate comm…
Ashton board agrees to new merger plan
A proposal from Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) to merge Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) into one of it…
TSX goes global with gold index (December 18, 2006)
To suit its beefed-up list that now includes non-Canadian gold companies, the Standard & Poor/Toronto Stock Exchang…
Denison eyeing further expansion with OmegaCorp bid
Vancouver — Denison Mines (DML-T, DNMIF-O), a company with deep roots in the Canadian uranium mining sector, is set to take on an entirely new profile after launching a $154-million offer for Austral…
Gold Fields, Sino now allies
Already holding a significant stake in Australian gold producer Sino Gold (SGX-A), South African mining house Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L, GOGOF-J) has taken a 6.5-million-share placement in exchange fo…