Bema lines up Kupol construction loans
Bema Gold’s (BGO-T, BGO-X) 75%-owned subsidiary Chukotka Mining and Geologic (CMGC) has signed US$425 million worth…
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Newmont investment boosts Gabriel (December 06, 2005)
Shares in Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) shot up 33, or nearly 14%, to $2.75, after it said that Newmont Mining (NMC-T,…
Mongolia aims to maintain “attractive” investment climate
Vancouver Robert Friedland, chairman of Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N), and other mining executives active in Mongo…
Socialist tide won’t wash Apex Silver away
Driving into Uyuni, an outpost city high in the remote mountains of Bolivia, bright colours jump off of the shabby …
Yamana aims for big leagues through RNC merger
Vancouver A proposed merger with RNC Gold (RNC-T) would allow Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-X, YAU-L) to dramatically b…
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (December 05, 2005)
Just five weeks after agreeing to buy the major Canadian assets of Placer Dome (PDG-T, PDG-N) for $1.35 billion in …
Gold Fields gets green light for Cerro Corona
Vancouver The Peruvian government has approved an environmental impact study for the Cerro Corona gold-copper pro…
Class Action against Inco has all eyes watching
In what is being described as a precedent-setting decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal has certified a class-actio…
Derivative losses hit Bema’s bottom line (December 05, 2005)
Vancouver — A 21% increase in gold revenue wasn’t enough to push
Wolf attack inevitable
Tragically, a geologist/prospector friend who worked in the Athabasca basin this summer told me weeks before the death of Kenton Carnegie that this (“Saskatchewan gov’t denies wolf attack,” T.N.M., No…
LME Warehouse Levels (December 05, 2005)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 28, 2005 (change from Nov. 21 in brackets):…
Lending Rates (December 05, 2005)
as of 4 pm ET, Nov. 28, 2005(%)…