McEwen takes piece of Freegold (June 18, 2007)
Vancouver – Subscribing to a lion’s share of Freegold Ventures’ (ITF-T, FGOVF-O) $6.2-million private placement fin…
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Earnings: First Uranium
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands except per-share figures, wh…
Editorial: Uranium, iron ore deals take centre stage
Mergers and acquisitions continued to be the major theme of the mining sector during the week ended June 9, the twenty-third trading week of 2007.
Suppliers News (June 18, 2007)
What was the Washington Group’s will be URS’s
Sultan hits big BC moly
Vancouver — Sultan Minerals (SUL-V, SLMLF-O) is being rewarded for its efforts in searching out molybdenum at its Jersey-Emerald property in southwestern B.C. — a site that once hosted Canada’s seco…
Canadian Zinc sees Prairie Creek vein widen to north
Vancouver — Underground drilling by Canadian Zinc (CZN-T, CZICF-O) on its Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver deposit in the Mackenzie Mountains region of western Northwest Territories is returning a numb…
Dundee fights for its rights in Bulgaria (June 18, 2007)
Dundee Precious Metals (DPM-T, DPMLF-O) is finding out just what an impediment one politician can be — especially in a former communist country still coming to terms with the free market.
New resource cools Starfield
After enjoying a somewhat mysterious climb up the market in May, Starfield Resources (SRU-T, SRFDF-O) had some of the air let out of its share price on the release of a resource estimate summary for i…
SRA speeds Tennessee zinc mines into action (June 18, 2007)
With a $105-million initial public offering completed in May, Strategic Resources Acquisition Corp. (SRA) (SRZ-T) is gearing up to bring the Middle Tennessee Zinc Mines back into production by the fou…
Dynamite acquiring Kyrgyz properties
A takeover bid for a privately held British company would give Dynamite Resources (DNR-V) a pair of uranium projects in Kyrgyzstan.
Market likes First Point’s nickel aspirations
Vancouver — With shares of First Point Minerals (FPX-V, FPOCF-O) rallying about 30% recently, investors seem to approve of plans by the Central American-focused gold explorer to dust off a pair of Br…
Lonmin buys into Wallbridge (June 18, 2007)
Lonmin (LNMIF-O, LMI-L) has agreed to take a private placement that could give it an 18% shareholding in Wallbridge Mining (WM-T, WLBMF-O), and cements an existing alliance in the Sudbury camp.