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Not too long after the closure of the merger deal between Capstone and Sherwood Copper at the back end of last year, Minesite took the opportunity to have a chat to Mark Patchett of Capstone to find out how it had all gone. The
Full story...Oleg Mitvol, Russia's well-known mining regulator and gadfly to Aim-traded stock values, has filed a half-dozen lawsuits in Moscow, challenging the terms of his removal from his functions. And he appears to have Deputy Prime
Full story...Aim-traded Triple Plate Junction is one of those odd companies that manages to survive in the nether world below the radar screens of investors. It does not appear deliberately to avoid comment and contact, but that is what it
Full story...Far be it from Minesite to spread gratuitous compliments around the place, but when we ran into Courtney Chamberlain a little while ago, we felt compelled to mention that his company, Minera IRL, was recently referred to by a
Full story...What’s it like in the chrome business at the moment? Anyone who’s followed the ups and downs of International Ferro Metals (IFM) over the last couple of years will by now have some idea that all is not currently rosy. John Meyer
Full story...During the last few days of each year Minews keeps a sharp eye out to see if any companies land a bit of bad news on the market in the hope that no one will notice. This year Weatherley International came out with a press release
Full story...Why did Dave Paxton leave a perfectly good job at Hichens Harrison to join a company that’s currently rehabiliating an ageing Fijian gold mine? One reason among many might be the 50 million options at 2p per share that he was
Full story...Perhaps it’s the sun which sets Australians apart from their British cousins, both in pallor and confidence. While many Brits can only see gloom and doom as they struggle through a freezing northern winter, Aussies are frolicking
Full story...If we learnt one thing from 2008 it was that making forecasts is a mug’s game. Even the most bearish bears did not predict the mayhem that infected the financial markets in 2008 and clobbered the base metals in the process. On
Full story...“We’re quietly confident that there’s a world out there that still needs metals”. So says Les Emery, managing director of Marengo Mining. Let’s hope he’s right, for his sake as well as ours, because at the Yandera
Full story...2008 was an extraordinary year in London’s stock market for a whole host of reasons, but possibly the overwhelming impression the year left us with was the speed and intensity with which the global economy went from boom to bust.
Full story...Minews. Now over to our Canadian Correspondent for a look at how the Canadian markets performed over the past week.
CC. The Canadian Markets ended 2008 and started 2009 in rebound mode after receiving a pummeling during the tax
Full story...When Marc Bolland took over as chief executive of Morrisons Supermarkets last year he had a couple of handicaps. First he had no experience of retailing to offer, and second he was a Dutchman. Not easy when running what had
Full story...The past year was a very nasty one for investors in general and resource players in particular. The Canadian Markets however started 2008 off in fine form with many commodity prices hitting historic highs but an abrupt drop in
Full story...A little bit of good news to end off 2008 … and we certainly all need some. AIM listd Zeehan Zinc has received the sum of just over £3 million from the Chinese company Creat Group, in accordance with a share subscription agreed
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Forum Increases Financing to $560,000 and Announces Closing of First Tranche of Private Placement
TSX Delisting Review - Katanga Mining Limited (KAT, KAT.NT, KAT.WT)
Genco Announces Second Lawsuit Over Andover Default on Chief Share Purchase
