Lonmin consolidates Messina
London-based platinum producer Lonmin’s (LIM-L, LNMIF-O) plan to acquire the 8.5% stake it does not already own in …
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Phelps Dodge and TVI mull joint venture
Vancouver – A letter agreement between TVI Pacific (TVI-T) and Phelps Dodge (PD-N) allows the copper giant to fund…
Crowflight adds to Bucko resource
A consultant’s report for Crowflight Minerals (CML-V) has added an inferred resource to a previously defined indica…
Lumina hits wide gold zone in Expo drilling (January 16, 2006)
Vancouver – Follow-up drilling by Lumina Resources (LUR-T, LUMNF-O) on the NW Expo area of its Hushamu project, on …
Alamos extends Mulatos high-grade
Reverse-circulation drilling by Alamos Gold (AGI-T) on the Escondida Hanging Wall zone continues to return some imp…
Scion keeps slugging
Scion Capital won’t give up the fight. Despite a joint Bolivar Gold (BGC-T) and Gold Fields (GFI-N, GFI-J, GOF…
BHP drills Dragoon copper project
Vancouver – A drill program by BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is testing a buried copper system at the Dragoon property opti…
Mongolian government dissolved (January 16, 2006)
Vancouver – The pull out of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP) from the country’s ruling coalition h…
TSX’s Nesbitt bought shares, not trusts
I was told that the recent editorial in The Northern Miner (T.N.M., Jan. 6-12/06) contains this: “Those who had jumped deep into the trust sector in the hours before Goodale’s announcement made a lot…
Peru making golden leaps
Peru’s gold production will exceed 5.75 million oz. (180 tonnes) in 2005, and is expected to reach 6.39 million oz. (200 tonnes) in the near future, according to Vronica Marsano, president of the gol…
Orezone pulls gold in Burkina Faso
Federal party leaders address mining issues
With Canada’s federal election around the corner, The Northern Miner asked the leaders of the country’s five major political parties some pointed questions about mining and its future. Each leader,…