Rosebel suffers strike, occupation
Shares in Cambior (CBJ-T, CBJ-X) were off 15, or nearly 4%, at $3.70 in mid-afternoon trading in Toronto on May 12…
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Mongolia drops a bombshell with new mining tax
Vancouver – From left field and late on a Friday night, Mongolia’s Parliament shocked western mineral explorers by …
Second phase of bulk-sampling yields more diamonds at Star
Vancouver – A second-phase underground bulk-sampling program has been completed at the Star diamond project near P…
Inco throws Falco a fin (May 15, 2006)
Inco (N-T, N-N) has boosted the cash portion of its friendly cash-and-scrip offer for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N…
Balmat floats first zinc
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) has produced the first zinc concentrate from the reopened Balmat mine in upstate New York….
TSX runs gold index up flagpole (May 15, 2006)
Details are sketchy but the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and rating and index agency Standard & Poors will develop …
Seabridge regains Kerr-Sulphurets gold-copper project
After completing a drill program to test six potential copper targets, Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) has opted to allow Seabridge Gold (SEA-V, SA-X) to regain 100% ownership of the Kerr-Sulphurets go…
Toronto Stock Exchange May 2-8
The S&P-TSX Composite Index gained 19.74 points to close the May 2-8 period at 12,294.20 points. The loonie continued to make gains, reaching a 28-year high against the greenback, as job growth fu…
U.S. Markets May 2-8
With the notable exception of companies developing projects in Bolivia and other politically volatile nations, resource companies listed on U.S. markets attracted increased investor attention over the…
TSX Venture Exchange May 2-8
Another week, another healthy gain for the junior mining-dominated TSX Venture Composite Index as metal prices showed continued strength, spurring an influx of investors, and closing up 49.74 points a…
PGM Ventures to reopen Spanish zinc-copper mine (May 15, 2006)
With a full feasibility study completed, new management appointed, most of the financing and permits getting lined up, and copper and zinc prices soaring, the key pieces are now falling into place for…
Nickel bringing Manitoba projects to life
For what had been a flavour-of-the-month commodity, nickel has held up unusually well. Its sustained price strength has brought a number of juniors into prospective areas in Manitoba, some with a hist…