Metanor pours gold at Bachelor Lake mill (April 28, 2008)
Metanor Resources (MTO-V, MEAOF-O) has poured the first 2,000 oz. of gold from its recently revived Bachelor Lake mill near Desmaraisville, Que.
News
Novel geophysics technology identifies deep drill targets in Athabasca
Two of the Athabasca basin’s junior explorers have made a significant advance in geophysics that could aid exploration for deep deposits. And the implications of the technology — which uses electric …
Mantle blazes new trail into historic Kechika Trough
VANCOUVER — The first resource estimate released by Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O) for its wholly owned Akie property has put the spotlight on a prospective mineral district in northeastern Britis…
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (April 28, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 1/08 (with changes from Mar. 15/08).
Strateco to go underground at Matoush (April 28, 2008)
It looks like Strateco Resources (RSC-T, SRSIF-O) will be the first company to explore underground for uranium in Quebec now that it’s received permission to do so at its Matoush uranium project in th…
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Mr. Stephen Rogers
Blue Note Mining hopes to strike the right chord
It cost a king’s ransom of $97 million but Blue Note Mining (BN-T, BNMFF-O) chief executive Michael Judson believes the resuscitation of two old zinc-lead mines in northern New Brunswick will be worth…
Houston Lake takes steady path towards production
Houston Lake Mining’s (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) president and chief executive Grayme Anthony knows what it is to persevere.
Apollo Gold shoots arrow through adversity
Building a mining company is seldom an easy road to venture down, without hardships and bumps along the way. But in Apollo Gold’s (APG-T, AGT-X)case, the road nearly came to a dead end in 2005, when a…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (April 28, 2008)
Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals, as of 01/31/08 (in weighted order): Kinross Gold, Goldcorp, Yamana Gold, Inmet Mining, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, High River Gold Mines, F…
Feasibility study for Ashdown moly mine
Although molybdenum production is already under way at the Ashdown mine near Denio, Nev., 60-40 joint-venture partners Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-O) and Win-Eldrich Mines (WEX-V, WIDMF-O) have rele…
Private Thai group to buy Pan African Mining (April 28, 2008)
Hungry for new coal properties outside Southeast Asia, Asia Thai Mining is buying Pan African Mining( PAF-V, PAFRF-O)at an 84.3% premium over the Vancouverbased junior’s 20-day average trading price.