Chinese firms to invest $1.36 billion in private B.C. coal projects
Vancouver – British Columbia’s new Liberal premiere, Christy Clark, has made some bold statements to Canada’s mining sector and the rest of the world these past few weeks.
2011
Strong assays for Northern Freegold in the Yukon
Results from eight more holes at Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) Freegold Mountain project in the Yukon are in and show that the company could well be on to a significant mineralized body.
Midway pushes Pan to feasibility
Midway Gold’s (MDW-V, MDW-X) feasibility study for its Pan gold project in White Pine Cty., Nev., shows it’s viable to build at various gold prices.
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.
Venture edges down Nov. 7-11
Junior mining stocks maintained their slight downward trajectory in the Nov. 7-11 trading period, with the S&P/ TSX Venture Composite Index slipping 8.7 points to end at 1,641.31 points. As in recent weeks, volume remained light at an…
TSX slips 1% during the Nov. 7-11 week
The TSX Composite Index slipped during the Nov. 7- 11 trading week to 12,276.85 points, down some 131 points or 1% from the week before.
U.S. markets strengthen
Despite continued worries over Greek and Italian debt, U.S. companies have been reporting better-than-excepted third quarter results and that help to strengthen domestic markets for the Nov. 7-11 period. The Dow Jones was up 170 points to…
Colossus explores extended land package
The gold-platinum-palladium enriched Central Mineralised Zone at Colossus Minerals’ (CSI-T) Serra Palada project plunges gently southwestward away from the surface area that was historically mined out by artisanal miners in what became the…
Bannerman responds to Hanlong offer
Bannerman Resources (BAN-T, BMN-A) says it’s not going to “tie its hands down” in a long-term arrangement with Sichuan Hanlong Group just yet, keeping its doors open to a less-conditional offer by the Chinese conglomerate and other interested…
High grades for Eagle Hill
Eagle Hill Exploration (EAG-V) has received a first resource estimate for the Windfall Lake project in Quebec’s Abitibi region, and found better grades than it expected.
Auriga looks to put Maverick back in the saddle
Auriga Gold (AIA-V) is looking to reanimate the Maverick Gold project 65 km northeast of Flin Flon, Manitoba.
NMC doubles resource at moly mine
South Korea-focused NMC Resource (NRC-V) has substantially increased contained resources at its high-grade Moland molybdenum mine.