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Russia’s resources tsar, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, is considering a new plan to award the mining right to Sukhoi Log, one of the largest un-mined gold deposits in the world, to a special-purpose company backed by Russian
Full story...It will not be the first time that Minews has pointed out that it is the directors who use their brains that survive best when money is scarce. A good example is AIM listed Ariana Resources, where Kerim Sener, the Turkish
Full story...The market wasn’t exactly thrilled by the most recent operational update from Diamondcorp, the Aim-traded junior that’s re-opening the old Lace kimberlite mine in South Africa. To say it was nonplussed would be an
Full story...It has taken nearly a year for the Chinese company CNOOC–New Energy Investment to carry out due diligence on Aim-traded Altona Energy’s Arckaringa coal project in South Australia. Big and powerful companies tend to work slowly,
Full story...If ever there was an indication of the lack of any real correlation between the world of the smaller mining company and the broader UK economy - notwithstanding that many miners are listed in London - it came on Tuesday 30th
Full story...Things are moving along fairly rapidly up at Conroy Diamonds & Gold’s Clay Lake gold exploration licence in County Armagh, or as rapidly as they ever do in mining and exploration, given that we're talking about a set of
Full story...The Udokan copper deposit, in southeastern Siberia, will not be mined any time soon, according to government and commercial mining sources in Moscow. For miners, who have been watching this particular copper pot pass from one
Full story...Trying to analyse current conditions in various financial markets isn’t easy, and commodities markets are no exception. The online and offline financial press is full of comments from gurus and experts with all manner of
Full story...In London it was a sideways week for the mining sector as a whole. The FTSE 100 stocks were off by 0.7 per cent in spite of Xstrata's (LSE: XTA) proposal to merge with Anglo American (LSE AAL), whereas the smaller companies
Full story...Over the years John Teeling has acquired something of a reputation for spotting opportunities in situations that might not appear immediately beneficial. Thus he has business interests in Iraq, in Iran, in some of the less
Full story...VANE Minerals struck a deal this week to acquire rights over a further 16,100 acres of ground in an area of Arizona already identified by the company’s joint venture vehicle with Uranium One as being of strategic interest.
Full story...When, in very difficult times, a company carries out a placing and directors take up most of the stock it is clear to all and sundry that they know they have an asset which is totally undervalued and which they want to retain
Full story...“Persian Gold is very active”, says company chairman John Teeling. But you wouldn’t know it from a quick glance at the company’s roster of press releases for the year, though. Persian’s only communicated with the market four
Full story...The buyout offer for minority shareholdings in Toronto-listed High River Gold (HRG:TSX) now looks double-doomed. A combination of minority shareholders has now formed that is numerically strong enough to prevent the Russian
Full story...Richard Shead and Oxus Gold parted company for several years during the middle of this current decade, while former chief Bill Trew ran riot with the company. The ups and downs of Oxus during that time have been well chronicled
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Completes Phase 2 of Tongan Exploration Program and Issues Options
Rossing South Update - Resource and Grade increase at Rossing South Zone 1
BRIEF-Kalahari Minerals says Rossing South zone 1 resource up 34 pct
Unconditional acquisition of the assets of Nalunaq gold mine in Greenland and related loan arrangement
Mitsubishi Corporation Withdraws From Proposed Participation in the Rooipoort and Mapochsgronde Platinum Projects in South Africa
