Voisey’s Bay yields first nickel concentrate (September 19, 2005)
Inco (N-T) has taken its first big step toward boosting nickel production by 35% by 2009, with the first pour of ni…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Placer Dome green-lights Granny, Cortez Hills
Placer Dome (PDG-T) has approved development of its 60%-owned Cortez Hills gold project in northeastern Nevada and …
Committee Bay looks south in Matador merger (July 14, 2005)
Vancouver – Nunavut gold explorer Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V) is merging with Australian focused Matador Explor…
Newmont sells Golden Grove
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has sold its Golden Grove zinc-copper operation in Western Australia to Oxiana for US$205 mi…
Bendigo expands new reef
Drilling by Bendigo Mining has extended a major new gold-bearing reef near existing mine development at the company…
Drilling turns up gold at Crater Mountain
Vancouver – London-based Triple Plate Junction (TPJ-L) has reported initial encouraging results in its first diamon…
TVI expands holdings in Philippines (May 02, 2005)
Vancouver — Government initiatives to improve the investment climate for mining have prompted TVI Pacific (TVI-T) …
Surigao’s porphyry copper gold potential confirmed
Vancouver – An independent evaluation of last year’s results at Panoro Minerals Surigao joint venture in the Philip…
Sur American changes tactics at Batoto
Vancouver – After years of focusing on bits and pieces of various styles of gold and copper mineralization on its B…
LionOre to dig at Waterloo
LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) has approved a plan to develop an exploration decline at the Waterloo nickel s…
Vista Gold buying Awak Mas deposit
Vancouver – After five months of tire kicking, Vista Gold (VGZ-T) is writing the cheque to purchase the Awak Mas go…
Goro gets Japanese partners
Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsui have forked over US$150 million for a 21% interest in Inco’s (N-T) US$1.9 billion …