Buffalo Gold drilling expands Mount Kare
Vancouver — Drilling by Buffalo Gold (BUF.U-V, BYBUF-O) is expanding known mineralized zones on the Mount Kare project in Papua New Guinea….
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Boddington gets the green light
On care and maintenance since the last of the oxide reserves were mined out at the end of 2001, the Boddington gold mine in Australia received the go-ahead earlier this year for a US$1.35-US$1.5 billi…
Freeport earnings up on higher prices (August 20, 2006)
Despite lower copper and gold production from the Grasberg operation in Indonesia, higher metal prices let Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) make net income of US$367 million on revenue of US…
Mega Uranium bets on change in Aussie ‘no new mines’ policy
Toronto-based Mega Uranium (MGA-V, MGAFF-O) is betting a 22-year ban on uranium mine development in Australia will eventually be revoked, paving the way for the junior company to develop its growing l…
Teck Cominco looks at bigger Australian footprint (August 20, 2006)
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — There were a lot of people who thought Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) chief executive Donald Lindsay should either be in New York or Toronto on Aug. 7. Instead, he was…
Mindoro stays the course in the Philippines
Vancouver — Philippines-focused metals explorer Mindoro Resources (MIO-V, MNODF-O) has undertaken an ambitious program of drill-testing on several prospects in its large portfolio of precious and bas…
Brilliant cuts wide high-grade nickel at Lanfranchi
Vancouver — Definition drilling on the Winner orebody at Brilliant Mining’s (BMC-V) Lanfranchi joint venture in Western Australia has delivered significant intervals of high-grade nickel mineralizati…
TVI reaps gains at Canatuan
The road to production has not been easy for TVI Pacific (TVI-T, TVIPF-O), which began production at its most advanced asset, the Canatuan mine in the Philippines, in mid-2004. Opposition from environ…
Buffalo Gold drilling expands Mt. Kare
Vancouver – Drilling by Buffalo Gold (BUF.U-V, BYBUF-O) is expanding known mineralized zones on the Mt. Kare projec…
Editorial: Aussie PM warming to nuke power (August 14, 2006)
There’s nothing quite like the whiff of big money to make people abandon their longest-held principles….
Teck Cominco looks at bigger Australian footprint (August 10, 2006)
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia — There were a lot of people who thought Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) chief executi…
Editorial: Aussie PM warming to nuke power (August 09, 2006)
There’s nothing quite like the whiff of big money to make people abandon their longest-held principles.This tim…