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Geologist and project manager Guillermo Almandoz (left) and investor Ross Beaty at Lumina Copper's Taca Taca project in Argentina's Salta province. Photo by Trish Saywell

Taca Taca gets bigger and better

After a brief stop around midnight to refuel in Panama, Ross Beaty pulls out a sleeping bag from his carry-on and spreads it in the aisle of the luxurious Gulfstream III jet he has chartered to fly a group of mining analysts to Lumina Copper’s…





Cap-Ex’s iron ore discovery grabs market’s attention

Just two short months ago, Cap-Ex Ventures (CEV-V) was one of the smallest and least visible explorer looking for iron ore in Eastern Canada’s Labrador Trough. But as the first assays from the company’s main Block 103 iron ore property near…


BHP may sell its diamond assets

BHP Billiton (bhp-n, blt-l) is considering leaving its diamonds business as it may no longer fit its modus operandi of boasting “large, long-life, upstream and expandable assets.”



Cap-Ex’s iron ore discovery grabs market’s attention

Vancouver – Just two short months ago, Cap-Ex Ventures (CEV-V) was the smallest explorer by market cap looking for iron ore in Eastern Canada’s Labrador Trough. But as the first assays from the company’s main Block 103 iron ore property near…


Cameco sweetens hostile Hathor bid

Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has raised its all-cash hostile offer for Hathor Exploration (HAT-T) by 20%, from $3.75 per share to $4.50 per share, trumping Rio Tinto’s (RIO-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) friendly $4.15 per share, all-cash bid.


Workers cap a drill hole that encountered artesian conditions at Rodinia Lithium's Salar de Diablillos project in Salta province, Argentina. Photo by Rodinia Lithium

Rodinia shares jump on PEA findings

Shares of Rodinia Lithium (RM-V) surged 42% to close at 30.5¢ on Nov. 8 after the junior exploration and development company released results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its lithium brine project in northern Argentina’s…


Fission’s Roughrider area play has shareholders glowing green

Vancouver – With the power play for Hathor Exploration’s (HAT-T) promising Roughrider uranium deposit now in its fourth (but perhaps not final) act, Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin is taking centre stage in the battle for the world’s next best…


Hathor Exploration receives revised offer

Cameco Corporation (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has raised its all-cash offer for Hathor Exploration (HAT-T) by 20% from $3.75 per share to $4.50 per share, trumping Rio Tinto’s (RIO-N, RIO-L) $4.15 per share all-cash bid.


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