OntZinc buys HBM&S, becomes HudBay
Toronto-based junior company
Anglo American plc
Southwestern teams up with majors in Peru
Vancouver – Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) has struck two joint venture deals in as many weeks that will see increa…
HBM&S purchase closes; OntZinc now HudBay
Toronto-based junior company OntZinc (OTZ-V) has closed its purchase of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting from South A…
Precious metals drop, juniors twitch
A significant decline in precious metal prices over the week took the wind out of the junior resource market. The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index closed at 1,721.79 for the week Dec. 8-14, up slightly from previous week’s close of 1,712.19, but no…
CEO exits as OntZinc prices offering
The equity offering to finance
Apex OKs San Cristobal
The report period ended Dec. 14 culminated in the Federal Reserve’s delivery of a widely anticipated 25-basis-point increase in the target overnight interest rate to 2.25%. Meanwhile, the wider markets rallied as the U.S. dollar firmed, with both…
OntZinc prices equity offering
The equity offering to finance OntZinc’s (OTZ-V) purchase of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting will raise up to $143.8…
Golden wave cause commodities to rise
Continued exuberance in the metals market enabled the junior-mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index to close at 1754.39, up an impressive 3.2%, or almost 54 points, during the period Nov. 24-30. Average daily volume over the wee…
Votorantim intersects base metals at Aripuana
Early drill results from the Aripuana base metal project in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, have confirmed earlier resul…
OntZinc adopts poison pill
In the midst of trying to raise a hefty stack of cash to complete its planned acquisition of
Rio Narcea pins down Salave resource (November 22, 2004)
About halfway through a 15,000-metre program of infill drilling,
Ontzinc adopts shareholder rights plan
In the midst of trying to raise a hefty stack of cash to complete its planned acquisition of Anglo American’s (AA…