High River May Get Bailout
Financially strapped High River Gold Mines (HRG-T, HRIVF-O) says its largest shareholder, Russian steelmaker Severstal, has expressed a non-binding interest in making a cash offer of 18¢ per shar…
2009
Gold Fields Options Mindoro Projects In Philippines
Mindoro Resources (MIO-V, MNODF-O) and Gold Fields (GFI-N, GFI-J) have signed an agreement giving the South African gold mining giant the option to earn into Mindoro’s El Paso, Lobo and Talahib porphy…
Red Back Posts Record Q1
There aren’t many mining companies that are setting new share-price highs at the moment, but Red Back Mining (RBI-T, RBIFF-O) is one of them.
Sherritt’s Ambatovy Nears Completion
Political unrest in Madagascar has had no impact on Sherritt International’s (S-T, SHERF-O) massive Ambatovy nickel project in the troubled island nation. Construction is past the halfway mark and the…
Jilin Jien Moves In On Canadian Nickel
VANCOUVER — Earning into Goldbrook Ventures’ (GBK-V, GBKVF-O) Raglan project and scooping up half of troubled Liberty Mines (LBE-T), China’s Jilin Jien Nickel is becoming an important player in the C…
Noront Expands Eagle One With Polymetallic Finds
SITE VISIT MCFAULD’S LAKE, ONT. — The story of the Ring of Fire, one of the hottest exploration camps in Canada, started in August 2007, when Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O)…
Overland Expands Yukon Zinc-Lead Resource
VANCOUVER — As Overland Resources (OVR-A) pursues an updated economic study of the Andrew zinc project, 300 km northeast of Whitehorse, Yukon, it has significantly boosted the project’s tonnage.
Ursa Major And Canadian Arrow Consider Merger
Nickel prices are still in the dumps but that’s not stopping nickel juniors Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V, CDARF-O) and Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T, UMJMF-O) from planning ahead for a price comeback.
Hard Creek Grows Turnagain Again
VANCOUVER — The Turnagain nickel deposit keeps expanding for owner Hard Creek Nickel (HNC-T, HNCKF-O).
Antioquia Looks For Colombian Gold
Calgary-based Antioquia Gold (AGD-V) is looking to prove Colombia can keep up with its Peruvian and Ecuadorian neighbours to the south when it comes to gold.
Shore Gold’s Orion South Shines
Shore Gold (SGF-T, SHGDF-O) has recovered 64 diamonds weighing more than 1 carat in its most recent bulk sample from the Orion South kimberlite, part of the Fort la Corne joint venture in Saskatchew…
Alexco Strikes High-Grade Silver At Bellekeno
Underground drilling at Alexco Resource’s (AXR-T, AXU-X) Belle- Keno mine in the Yukon’s Keno Hill silver district is yielding more high-grade silver intercepts.