Ct Lake: Ontario’s next great deposit
There is no debating that Trelawney Mining’s (TRR-V) Côté Lake deposit is big. But the question on the minds of many junior gold investors is: Just how big?
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Nyrstar tables $663M bid for Breakwater
Toronto-based zinc miner, Breakwater Resources (BWR-T), agrees to a $663-million friendly takeover bid by European smelting giant Nyrstar.
Bralorne pours first dor bar from historic BC gold mine
Vancouver – Seventy-nine years after the first gold brick was poured from one of British Columbia’s richest and largest gold mines, Bralorne Gold Mines (bpm-v) has restarted operations at the Bralorne complex. The company poured the first…
McEwen to merge US Gold, Minera Andes
Rob McEwen, the largest shareholder of both US Gold (UXG-T, UXG-N) and Minera Andes (MAI-T), plans to combine the two companies to create what would be a dynamic, mid-tier silver producer in the Americas….
Great Quest rises on Mali’s phosphate potential
It must have been one inspiring annual shareholders meeting for Great Quest Metals (GQ-V) as the company’s shares jumped just a day after it was concluded. In Toronto on June 14 the company’s shares were up 26% or 85¢ to $4.15 on 98,400…
TSX tumbles to a six-month low
The June 6-10 trading week saw the TSX Composite Index tumble 433.9 points, or 3.2%, to end at 13,084, hitting its lowest level in more than six months. The drop came as concerns over the global recovery pace and Greece’s debt crisis rose.
Venture slides to seven-month low
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index continued to slide during the June 6-10 trading period, falling 79.6 points to 1,934. The index has already retreated approximately 21.5% from its early March peak of 2,464 points, slightly more than the…
Banro raises funds for Congolese hospital
The Banro Foundation, a charity created by Canadian gold explorer Banro (BAA-T, BAA-N) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, raised $80,000 for the Panzi Hospital in the eastern part of the country.
New York markets continue to slide
The market slump continued unabated for the June 6-10 period as The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 200 points to finish at 11,951.91, while the S&P 500 index was off 30 points to end up at 1,210.98. The drop-off after market watchers…
Aurizon expands resource at Hosco
Drilling in the last three quarters of 2010 and January 2011 has boosted by 31% the in-pit measured and indicated resource at Aurizon Mines’ (ARZ-T, AZK-X) Hosco deposit, part of the gold producer’s Joanna project in northwestern Quebec.
Mining in Colombia: a closer look
Vancouver – An ever-growing interest in the geological potential of Colombia from both resource companies and investors has helped the South American country become one of the world’s most popular mining destinations in recent years.
Rio Novo Gold is a near-term producer in Brazil
Rio Novo Gold (RN-T) hopes to become a near-term gold producer by bringing its two advanced-stage Brazilian properties into production — the Almas gold project in the southeastern part of Tocantins state and the Guaranta gold project in the…