Probe Mines’ high-grade underground resource at Borden
Probe Mines (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) has published the first high-grade underground resource estimate for its Borden gold project, located on the outskirts of Chapleau, west of Timmins, Ont.
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First Quantum to buy Lumina Copper for $470M
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; LSE: FQM) has made a friendly $470-million takeover offer for Lumina Copper (TSXV: LCC; US-OTC: LCPRF), ending a sale process for the junior and its Taca Taca copper–gold–molybdenum project in…
Commentary: Northern Gateway – forcing BC to face land claims question
VANCOUVER — It’s a fight over oil, not metals or coal, but mineral explorers and developers across B.C. — indeed, across Canada — will watch closely to see how Enbridge fares in the battle to build the now-approved…
Platinum Group boosts resources at Waterberg
VANCOUVER — The resource at developer Platinum Group Metals’ (TSX: PTM, NYSE-MKT: PLG) Waterberg platinum group metals discovery on the North Limb of the Bushveld igneous complex in South Africa just keeps growing. A new, expanded…
Ross Beaty to invest in Odin Mining
Fresh on the heels of the $470 million sale of Lumina Copper (TSXV: LCC) and its Taca Taca project in Argentina to First Quantum Metals (TSX: FM; LSE: FM) earlier this month, Lumina’s founder and largest shareholder, Ross Beaty, is making…
Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at June 15/14 (with changes from May 31/14).
Quebec government relaunches Plan Nord
VANCOUVER — The newly elected Liberal government in Quebec is returning to the resource roots of the last Liberal government with a budget that restores Plan Nord, the strategy to encourage mineral and energy development in the…
Pilot hits oxide gold at Kinsley, pursues Cadillac
VANCOUVER — With just a few holes Pilot Gold (TSX: PLG; US-OTC: PLGTF) has defined another gold zone at its Kinsley Mountain gold project in Nevada, just a kilometre away from the high-grade Western Flank zone it discovered less than a…
El Nino options DRC copper play after arbitration win
VANCOUVER — It was a long battle for junior El Nino Ventures (TSXV: ELN, US-OTC: ELNOF), but after half a decade of legal wrangling the company has finally secured its 70% ownership rights in the Kasala copper discovery, 70 km…
TSX soars, June 9-13
The Toronto Stock Exchange climbed near the record high it reached six years ago, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index adding 163 points to end at 15,001.61, slightly below the record close of 15,073 set in June 2008 before the recession.
Timmins Gold execs under fire from Sentry
VANCOUVER — Gold miner Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-MKT: TGD) is being targeted by dissident shareholder Sentry Investments in a proxy fight that aims to replace six of the firm’s eight board members.
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, June 17 2014 Precious MetalsPrice…