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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.




Coalspur develops Vista project in Alberta

Four months after he was hired as managing director and chief executive of Coalspur Mines (cpt-t, cpl-a) Gene Wusaty was still working out of his home and a local coffee shop in Calgary and putting business expenses on his personal credit card.


Technical Analysis: Platinum looks good

In this Technical Analysis Report we re-visit the Commitments of Traders (COT) report, supplied by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to see if any metals appear ready to make a significant move.


Shear rolls back shares, changes name

At the opening bell on Dec. 30, 2010, Shear Minerals began trading on a consolidated basis under the new name of Shear Diamonds (srm-v).At the company’s recent annual meeting, shareholders and the board of directors approved a 10-to-1 rollback…


Battle for Baffinland heats up

Revised offers in the dwindling hours of 2010 from both Nunavut Iron Ore Acquisition and global steel giant ArcelorMittal (mt-n) for junior Baffinland Iron Mines (bim-t) have grabbed the headlines in the first week of 2011. Nunavut Iron Ore,…


Commodities enter 2011 on uptick

Despite all the geopolitical and economic jitters around the world, 2010 proved to be a sweet year for commodities investors.


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