2011

Inmet and Lundin propose to merge

The proposed merger of Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMF-O) and Lundin Mining (LUN-T), which both companies describe as a “merger of equals,” would create a large base-metal producer in Canada that would replace those the country has lost in the…


Spanish Mountain Gold releases PEA

Marc Johnson, a mining analyst at M Partners in Toronto, initiated coverage of Spanish Mountain Gold (SPA-V) in the middle of December, less than a month after the junior released a preliminary economic assessment of its Spanish Mountain gold…


AQM gets first resource estimate done on Zafranal

Just four months after making a deal to hold on to its 50% stake, AQM Copper (AQM-V) has its first resource estimate for the Main Zone of the Zafranal project in Peru. The company says measured and indicated resources came in at 301 million…


Golden Dawn looks to bring back the mining light to Greenwood

Golden Dawn Minerals (GOM-V) wants to breath mining life back into Greenwood B.C. for the third time. The small town of some 600 souls in south central B.C. saw its fortunes swell at the turn of the last century and again in the 1950s, both…


Kaminak to spend $15 million on exploration

With more than $21 million in cash, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) has all the money it needs for an aggressive exploration program this year at its Coffee gold project in the White Gold district of the Yukon.


Editorial: Gov’t stepping slowly into Voisey’s strike

The first week of 2011 saw the public release of a candid and rather damning report by a Newfoundland & Labrador government-appointed commission on the 17-month strike by 120 members of United Steelworkers Local 9508 at Vale’s Voisey’s Bay…



Rainy River cashes in with $75 million financing

On the back of its flagship 5-million-oz. Rainy River project in northwestern Ontario, Rainy River Resources (RR-V) has closed a $75-million bought deal financing just as gold is starting to lose a little of its lustre. The private placement,…


Taseko shrugs (January 11, 2011)

Taseko Mines’ (TKO-T, TGB-X) may have been knocked down by the Federal government’s ruling against its Prosperity mine, but that doesn’t mean the company has been knocked-out.



Silver Quest picks up the Bouvette property in Yukon

Investors snapped to attention when drilling at the Tiger Zone in the middle of  Atac Resources’  (ATC-V) Rau gold property in the Yukon started yielding intercepts of 38.8 metres of 17.1 grams gold per tonne from 33 metres depth,…


Venture dips in first week of 2011

Vancouver – The shortened first week of trading in the New Year saw the S&P TSX Venture Exchange experience a slight hangover after the holiday rally, down 62.46 points between January 4 and 7 to end the period at 2225.39 points.


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