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Large bought-deal financings have cashed up two junior gold producers, Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) and High River Gold (HRG-T).

The Manitoba-based operations of Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting could be sold to tiny Venture-listed Ontzinc (OTZ-V) if a new deal with Hudson Bay’s parent goes through.

Osprey Gold — Jean-Jacques Treyvaud and Linda Kent appointed directors.

VVC Exploration (VVC-V), through subsidiary Orient Will Investments, has signed an option agreement to acquire a half-interest in the small Chen Er gold mine in China.

Vancouver — The second drill hole on the Megabuck zone at the Woodjam project, near Williams Lake, B.C., has encountered significant porphyry copper and gold mineralization. The project is jointly held by Fjordland Exploration…

The management team of Hunter Dickinson, including Robert Dickinson, Ronald Thiessen, David Copeland, Scott Cousens, David Jennings and Jeffrey Mason, was recently honoured collectively as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Y…

A series of financings has several junior exploration companies ready to go on established projects.

Vancouver — Partners Eagle Plains Resources (EPL-V) and Shoshone Silver Mining have received an updated resource estimate for the Blende silver-lead-zinc project in the central Yukon.