Nyrstar to acquire Farallon
Vancouver – Emerging producer Farallon Mining (FAN-T) has agreed to a friendly takeover bid by zinc giant Nyrstar in an all-cash deal valued at $409-million fully diluted.
Silver
Mirasol prepares to drill new silver discovery (November 16, 2010)
As it prepares to begin drill testing a grassroots silver find in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province, Mirasol Resources (mrz-v, m8r-f) is topping up its treasury with a $9.3-million financing. The non-brokered private placement will comprise up to…
Jayden pulls high grade at Silver Coin (November 15, 2010)
Vancouver – When results from the first five holes of a drill program include such intercepts as 40.6 metres grading 3.12 grams gold per tonne and 55 metres grading 8.42 grams gold, the program can be labelled a success even before it is half…
Endeavour arranges $50 million financing and ups bid for Cream
Endeavour Silver (edr-t, exk-a) is topping up its treasury with a bought deal financing worth $50 million. Led by CIBC, a group of underwriters agreed to purchase 8.2 million shares priced at $6.15 apiece, with an overallotment option for up to…
Ecu Silver extends vein at Santa Juana
Vancouver – Ecu Silver Mining’s (ECU-T) discovery of new mineralization at its operating Santa Juana silv…
Silvercorp adds another Chinese silver mine to its stable
Vancouver – Following a strategy that has already made the company into the largest primary silver producer in…
Trevali adds to Santander resource
Vancouver – Twenty months after an initial resource estimate, Trevali Resources (TV-T, 4TI-F, TREVF-O) has add…
Callinan to divide royalty and exploration operations
Vancouver – Eighty-three-year-old Callinan Mines (CAA-V) is splitting up its royalty and exploration holding i…
Extorre brings focus to Cerro Moro
Vancouver – For years the gold-silver Cerro Moro project in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province played second-fidd…
Oro Gold and Oro Silver recombine as Oro Mining
Vancouver – Following a three year experiment in specialization, Oro Gold Resources (OGR-V) and Oro Silver Res…
Golden Minerals closes US$103m offering
Vancouver – Golden Minerals (AUM-T, AUMN-X) has cashed in on an exploding stock price with a US$103 million fi…
Bear Creek to raise $113M in offering
On the back of a positive feasibility study for its proposed 63-million-ounce Santa Ana silver mine project in…