Short Position Report (September 28, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Sept. 15…
2009
Great Panther to implement three-year growth strategy
Investment in new equipment, plant upgrades and an increased drilling budget along with new underground mine d…
Copper Mountain And Taseko Spar Over Merger
VANCOUVER — Bad blood is fomenting between Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) and Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T, CPPMF-O) over a proposed merger and financing.
Ontario, Quebec Still Golden
DENVER, COLO., — If you think exploring for gold in Ontario and Quebec is a yawn, think again. GFMS has just released a World Gold Analyst report on the two neighbouring Canadian provinces showing ju…
First Quantum Out Of Luck In The DRC
A mining official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has stamped out any hope First Quantum Minerals ( FM-T, FQVLF-O) may have had that it could bring its Kolwezi tailings project in the ce…
Noront Finds More Mineralization
Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) has finally published much-anticipated assay results from nine holes drilled almost 1,000 metres below surface at the junior’s flagship Eagle One nickel-copper- plati…
Lundin To Sell Ozernoe In Russia
VANCOUVER — Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-N) is saying goodbye to Russia, having agreed to sell back its 49% stake in the Ozernoe zinc-lead project to joint-venture partner MBC Resources for US$35 millio…
Sunridge Gold Lands US$10M For Asmara
Vancouver junior Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) is getting a helping hand from copper giant Antofagasta Minerals (ANFGY-O, ANTO-L) to develop part of its Asmara project in Eritrea.
Resource For Exeter’s Caspiche Project ‘Above Expectations’
An updated resource estimate for Exeter Resource’s (XRC-V, XRA-X) Caspiche project in Chile places the deposit “among the world’s largest gold-copper discoveries in recent years,” according to the com…
Peregrine Shares Rocket On Latest Diamond Results At Chidliak
Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-T, PGDIF-O) stock surged 108% or 96¢ a share to close at $1.85 with 8.2 million shares trading hands on news that it had recovered large diamonds from drill core at the C…
BC’s NW Power Line A Go
Easily the biggest development in the Canadian mining scene during the week was news of federal money being shovelled into electrifying British Columbia’s remote northwest.
A Few Ideas For Those Long Trips On The Road
To lighten things up a little in what has been one of the toughest years in our business, The Northern Miner decided to canvass the captains in our industry about the books they like to read when they…