Roca lines up $13M financing
Vancouver — In a move to bolster the treasury as its Max molybdenum mine advances to production, Roca Mines (ROK-V, ROCAF-O) has arranged a $13-million bought-deal financing.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
More moly at Jersey-Emerald
Vancouver — Sultan Minerals’ (SUL-V, SLMLF-O) underground drill effort at its Jersey-Emerald project, located near Salmo in southeastern B.C., has returned further wide, high-grade molybdenum-mineral…
Visible tungsten-moly sends First Narrows soaring higher
Vancouver — A 112-metre interval of tungsten and molybdenum-mineralized drill core extracted from First Narrows Resources’ (UNO-V, FNRWF-O) Falls Creek property in central New Brunswick prompted a 76…
Pallinghurst brings new offer for Consmin (July 30, 2007)
What started as a large private-equity investment has at last turned into a takeover battle for Consolidated Minerals (CSMBF-O, CNM-L, CSM-A), with the board of the Australian chrome and manganese pro…
Mount Hope high-grade confirmed (July 23, 2007)
Five diamond-drill holes to test the continuity of the high-grade core of the Mt. Hope molybdenum deposit in Eureka Cty., Nev., have confirmed grades modelled in earlier resource estimates and feasibi…
Alcan introduces white knight (July 23, 2007)
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) has entered the lists as a friendly bidder for Alcan (AL-T, AL-N), in a deal that values the Montreal-based aluminum producer at $40 billion and knocks Alcoa (AA-N) out…
Editorial: Rio Tinto bets heavily on aluminum with Alcan offer
There hasn’t been the slightest slowdown this summer in mergers-and-acquisitions activity, with the week ended July 14, the 28th trading week of 2007, punctuated by the largest takeover in global mini…
Pallinghurst brings new offer for Consmin (July 20, 2007)
The board of Australian manganese and chrome producer Consolidated Minerals (CNM-L, CSM-A) has recommended a revise…
Sultan cuts more moly at Jersey-Emerald
Vancouver – Sultan Minerals’ (SUL-V, SLMLF-O) underground drill effort at its Jersey-Emerald project located near S…
Corrected resource estimate boosts Copper Fox 14% (July 16, 2007)
Vancouver — After a faulty resource estimate prompted a 35% drop in share price and forced the company to halt trading for almost a month, Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V, CPFXF-O) is on the rise again with…
Wrench thrown in Pallinghurst-Consmin deal
Australian metal producer Consolidated Minerals (CSMBF-O, CNM-L, CSM-A) now has a rival suitor, of a sort.
Moly Mines rallies on pending feasibility study
Vancouver – News of the imminent release of a final feasibility study for its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum-copper proj…