2012

Market news: U.S. Markets

U.S. stock markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 22, and many Americans marked the occasion with a shopping spree. According to the National Retail Federation, 89 million Americans shopped online and in stores on Black…



Equipment at Black Iron's Shymanivske iron ore project in the Ukraine, 330 km southeast of Kiev. Credit: Black Iron.

Black Iron takes on Ukrainian iron ore

Low operating costs and proximity to steel mills in Europe and the Middle East make Black Iron’s (BKI-T) Shymanivske iron ore project in the Ukraine a compelling proposition, despite fluctuations in the iron ore price, the Toronto-based…



Teras releases maiden resource at Cahuilla

VANCOUVER — Calgary-based explorer Teras Resources (TRA-V) has accomplished its first goal at its flagship Cahuilla gold-silver project in northwest Imperial County, California. On Nov. 30, the company pulled together historic data and…


Gold Fields reduces its SA risk, spins out two mines

Gold Fields (GFI-N) is lowering its South African risk by spinning out its wholly-owned subsidiary that holds the KDC and Beatrix gold mines in the country into a new firm called Sibanye Gold. While this may sound like a step in the right…


Strange Lake rare earth project, Quebec. Source: Quest Rare Minerals

Interview with Quest’s CEO Peter Cashin

Quest Rare Minerals (QRM-T, QRM-X) is advancing its Strange Lake rare earth element (REE) deposit in northern Quebec and expects to deliver a prefeasibility study on the project by year end or early January, followed by a feasibility study…



Ucore's Bokan Mountain heavy rare earth property in southeastern Alaska. Source: Ucore

Ucore completes Dotson Ridge PEA

Head of global research at Byron Capital Markets Jon Hykawy has raised his target price on Ucore Rare Metals (UCU-V, UURAF-O) to $1.00 per share — a 12-month estimate that he “still considers conservative” — after the…


Ollachea delivers for Minera IRL in Peru

Lima-based gold miner Mineral IRL (IRL-T, MIRL-L) has completed a definitive feasibility study of its wholly owned Ollachea gold project in southeastern Peru that shows the potential to build a profitable underground mine that could produce…


Astur surges on EIS

Shares of Astur Gold (AST-V) jumped 50% to $1.08 on news that authorities in Spain had issued a positive Environmental Impact Statement on its 100%-owned Salave gold project, which the junior describes as one of the largest and highest grade…



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