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Regulators have approved Tintina Mines’ (TSE) purchase of Amoco Canada Petroleum’s 50% interest in the Red Mountain molybdenum deposit. Tintina currently owns the other half. The deposit, 50 miles nor…

Vancouver-listed Eureka Resources (VSE) has negotiated a private placement of slightly more than a million shares at 17 cents per share. The placement carried with it an option on an additional millio…

Toronto-listed junior Queenston Mining (TSE) has completed a Euro Equity offering with European investors for 441,000 units at 85 cents per unit. The units consist of one share and one warrant; two wa…

Drilling is finally under way in the Humpy Lake region east of Lac de Gras, N.W.T. On Aug. 25, Pure Gold Resources (VSE) activated rigs on the Humpy No. 2 claim block, where the company will drill-tes…

For a nominal cash consideration and a commitment to cover eventual reclamation liabilities estimated at about $1.3 million, Richmont Mines (ME) now has its own gold mill. It is the old 1,400-ton-per-…

At the Dome gold mine near Timmins, Ont., a feasibility study is in the works to determine the economics of expanding the open pit. It should be completed in the fourth quarter. Also under considerati…

Gold Funds as of August 31 BGR Central Net Value $13.86 $6.15 Price $12.63 $6.500 Discount 8.94% 5.7% Value $77,659,000 $117,645,450…

A pioneer of the Canadian mining industry, Viola MacMillan, has died in Toronto. She was 90. A prospector who headed the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) for 21 years until the …

Braemont Resources (BMZ:VSE) has changed its name to Lumby Resources Corp. (LBY:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis.

Another quiet week for gold bullion prices — the spot price hovered for most of the week at about US$371 per oz. — was also reflected in a flat Toronto Stock Exchange gold and silver index. It ended…

VSE-listed Consolidated Cassandra Resources plans to spend US$5 million exploring its new land package in Bolivar state, Venezuela. The company is expected to change its name to Bolivar Goldfields to …

The first gold brick from the Astoria gold mine in northwestern Quebec was poured recently by Deak Resources (TSE). Ore from the Yorbeau project near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., is being trucked to Deak’s Vi…