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Afcan (AFK-T) has bought the 47% interest it did not already own in the Mt. Kakoulima nickel-sulphide project in Guinea, West Africa, from Semafo (SMF-T).

Following nearly 7,000 metres worth of drilling in 24 holes, partners Richmont Mines (RIC-T) and Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) have tabled an inferred resource figure for their Valentine Lake property, 55 km…

Vancouver — The Lion Kimberlite Dykes project in eastern Sierra Leone is expected to start producing in 2005, following a joint-venture agreement between Australian-listed diamond miner Crown Diamonds and U.K.-based Ma…

Vancouver — Revitalized copper and gold prices have prompted Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T) to reactivate its namesake copper-gold porphyry project in central Panama.

After cutting high-grade gold in drill holes, Anaconda Gold (ANX-V) is updating the gold resource at its Damoti Lake project, 200 km north of Yellowknife, N.W.T.

Sherritt International and its partners at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan are offering a recapitalization plan to financially troubled steelmaker Stelco (S-T) , currently in bankruptcy p…

Toronto-based junior company OntZinc (OTZ-V) has closed its purchase of Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting from South African mining house Anglo American (AAUK-Q) after completing large equity and debt financings.