2012

Venture rises in January 16-20 period

Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index climbed 35.31 points in the January 16 to 20 trading period to end at 1,571.34 points after four days of gains and one day of losses. Volume would have averaged almost 100 million shares…



Crocodile applauds Luxor’s higher offer

Luxor Capital Group has increased its partial offer for Crocodile Gold (crk-t), which operates gold mines in Australia. The New York-based investment company has raised its bid from US56¢ a share to US62¢ to buy 215.4 million…


U.S. equities edge higher, Jan. 16-20

Signs that Greece was nearing a deal with private bond holders and better-than-expected GDP growth in China were the key events marking the Jan. 16-20 trading week. China’s economy grew 8.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from 9.1% in the…



At Prophecy Platinum's Wellgreen nickel-copper-PGM project in the Yukon, from left: field geologist Rex Camit; senior geologist Danniel Oosterman; and project geologist Rory Calhoun. Photo by Matthew Allan

Prophecy Platinum starts winter drill program at Wellgreen

Fifteen kilometres off the paved Alaska Highway in southwestern Yukon, the Wellgreen nickel-copper-platinum group metal (PGM) project sits largely as it has since 1973, when Hudson-Yukon Mining abandoned underground mining there after one year…


The drill crew preparing a rig at Brixton Metals' Thorn gold project. Photo by Brixton Metals

Brixton cuts mega-intercept at Thorn in BC

Brixton Metals (BBB-V) has pulled a whopper of an intercept from the Thorn project in northwest B.C., hitting 95 metres grading 904 grams per tonne silver equivalent from near surface.



An aerial view of the camp at Canada Zinc Metals' Akie zinc-lead-silver project in northeastern British Columbia. Photo by Canada Zinc Metals

Canada Zinc drills Cardiac Creek

Exploration and diamond drilling at Canada Zinc Metals’ (CZX-V) Cardiac Creek Sedex zinc-lead-silver deposit on its Akie property, 260 km northwest of the town of Mackenzie in northeastern B.C., started in May – and so far the company has…


Woulfe scopes Muguk’s charm

Woulfe Mining (WOF-V), pleased with an initial resource at the Muguk gold-silver project in South Korea, has started a scoping study at the past-producing mine.


A headframe and facilities at Alexis Minerals'past-producing Snow Lake gold mine in Manitoba. Photo by Alexis Minerals

Alexis keeps busy with Lac Herbin and Snow Lake

This year will be busy one for Alexis Minerals (AMC-T) as it fixes the operating Lac Herbin gold mine in Val-d’Or, Que., and moves the Snow Lake gold mine in Manitoba closer to production.


Huckleberry approves mine expansion

The board of Huckleberry Mines – in which Imperial Metals (III-T) holds a 50% stake, and a consortium of Asian companies (Materials, Marubeni, Dowa Mining and Furukawa) owns the remainder – has approved a plan to extend the life of its…


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