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Vancouver — Quadra Mining (QUA-T) has raised $145 million as part of a broad effort to become a mid-tier, base metal mining and exploration company, and used some of the proceeds to acquire the Robinson copper mine project, nea…

Vancouver — Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has arranged a non-brokered private placement for $2 million, with proceeds earmarked for platinum group metals projects in Ontario and Alaska.

Vancouver — Mapping and sampling have enabled Sur American Gold (SUR-V) to outline a copper-gold zone on the flank of the Tagpura porphyry deposit at the Comval project in the Philippines.

A steep decline in gold prices erased most of the winnings posted by the junior mining sector during the report period ended April 13. The price of silver dropped by more than 7% at the end of the period. The TSX Venture composite index finished 3…

Vancouver — Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has an option to buy the silver resource contained in the Berenguela project in southern Peru.

Vancouver — Drilling by Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) at its Bisha project in Eritrea has intersected more than 60 metres of massive sulphides to a vertical depth of 375 metres. Results from the hole are pending, though the sulphide…