Pan American Makes Friendly Move On Aquiline
Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) is looking to acquire Aquiline Resources (AQI-T, AQLNF-O) and its large Navidad silver project via a friendly all-share takeover.
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Xstrata Kills Bid For Anglo American
Four months after launching an informal bid for the venerable miner Anglo American (AAL-L, AAUKY-Q), diversified mining giant Xstrata (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) announced in mid- October that it has no intentio…
Winter Closure At Diavik Cancelled
Improving market conditions and rising diamond prices mean that a planned six-week winter shutdown of the Diavik mine, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has been called off.
Livengood Resource Hits 12M Oz For Tower Hill
VANCOUVER– Three years ago International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) started its first drill program at the Livengood project, a modest 2,500-metre program designed to follow up on interesting go…
Queen’s University Plans Next Mining Course For Oct. 25-26
Ryan Matthiesen, a senior associate at Macquarie Capital Advisors in Toronto, had worked on the finance side of the mining sector for more than five years.
Teck Supplies Metal For Olympic Medals
VANCOUVER — The medals that will be awarded at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver are some of the heaviest in the history of the Games and all the metal used in making the big, beauti…
Mergers Friendly And Hostile
Resurgent commodity prices usually translate into a perked-up pace of M&A and other corporate wheeling and dealing in the junior sphere, and the 41st trading week of the year was no different.
Fasken Martineau Heads To Paris
Quebec-based international business law and litigation heavy-hitters, Fasken Martineau, has announced plans to merge with Parisian counterparts Gravel, Leclerc & Partners.
People (October 26, 2009)
Advanced Explorations — Jim Excell appointed a director.
U.S. Markets – OCTOBER 13-19
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 221.13 points or 2.2% to close the Oct. 13-19 reporting period at 10,092.19, while the S&P 500 climbed 24.72 points or 2.3% to 1,097.91. The Nasdaq increased …
Toronto Stock Exchange – OCTOBER 13-19
The TSX Composite Index held steady over the Oct. 13-19 trading period, gaining 101.47 points to finish at 11,538.390.
TSX Venture Exchange – OCTOBER 13-19
Investors remained active and optimistic over the period of Oct. 13-19, pushing the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index higher four of five days to close the period up 31.42 points at 1338.77. Daily t…