Colossus pulls monster intercept from Serra Pelada
Vancouver – Colossus Minerals (CSI-T) has followed up earlier high-grade hits with a monster intercept from its 75%-owned Serra Pelada project in Brazil’s Para state.
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Golden Predator extends mineralization at Brewery Creek
Vancouver – Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) successful winter drill program has hit a number of encouraging intercepts and expanded known mineralization eastward at its Brewery Creek project in the Yukon.
Allana just keeps on growing Dallol
Allana Potash (AAA-V) continues to define what is shaping into a world class potash play in Ethiopia. The company has grabbed the market’s attention over the last 12 months with shallow depth intercepts of up to 37.8 % KCl and now Allana says…
Western Potash expands Milestone resource
Western Potash (WPX-V) has boosted measured resources by 55%, indicated resources by 34%, and inferred resources by 25% at its Milestone potash project in Saskatchewan, about 50 km south of Mosaic’s (MOS-N) Belle Plaine mine, one of the…
Barrick bids for Equinox (April 25, 2011)
The board of Equinox Minerals (eqn-t, eqn-a) is withdrawing its bid for Lundin Mining (lun-t) and endorsing instead an all-cash takeover bid of $8.15 per share from Barrick Gold (abx-t, abx-n), which values the company at about $7.3 billon. The…
TSX rides silver and gold higher
Silver and gold were the theme of the holiday shortened Apr 18 -21 period, and the strength of the two metals helped ensure that the TSX Composite Index would finish higher than where it began. The Index managed a gain of 234 points to move up…
Venture down slightly in shortened April 18-21 period
Vancouver – The shortened trading period of April 18 to 21 was a mixed one for the S&P TSX Venture Exchange, but two days of losses outweighed two days of gains with the board ending down 9.27 points at 2,281.64 points.
U.S. equities were up in the Apr. 18-21 trading week
U.S. equities were gaining momentum before markets closed on Friday Apr. 22 for the Easter weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 164.16 points or 1.33% in the abbreviated Apr. 18-21 trading week to close at 12,505.99, while the…
Gold Fields cuts deal with Iamgold
Gold Fields (GFI-N, GFI-J) wants as much control over its key mining assets as it can get, and is buying Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) minority stake in a project in Ghana.
Mercator to buy Creston Moly for $195M
Mercator Minerals (ML-T) has agreed to buy Creston Moly (CMS-V) in a friendly merger with significant potential for synergies that values Creston at $195 million.
EMED clears permitting hurdle
After years of struggling through a bureaucratic, political and legal quagmire, Cyprus-based EMED Mining (EMD-T, EMED-L) finally looks to have production at its Rio Tinto copper project in Spain within sight.
Delavaco Capital spawns Dalradian Resources, Tolima Gold (April 25, 2011)
In the early 1990s Andy DeFrancesco was working as an equity trader at C.M. Oliver – Canada’s oldest brokerage house until it was bought out later that decade by Canaccord Capital.