Cash-rich Purepoint boasts strong balance sheet
Purepoint Uranium (PTU-V) is perched on a mountain of cash $11.5 million to be precise — more than enough to sup…
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Triex picks up more ground in Athabasca
Triex Minerals (TXM-V) has expanded its search for best of breed uranium deposits low cost producers in areas w…
Alexandria and the new Abitibi (November 19, 2007)
SITE VISITVal dOr, Que. — Alexandria Minerals (AZX-V, A9D-F) might be at the early stage of the exploration g…
Premier hoping to complete the picture on Mine Trend
SITE VISIT Red Lake, Ont. — In gold mining, the address matters. And in Red Lake, it’s useful to be the next-door neighbour of the camp’s largest operation. The good…
Toronto Stock Exchange Nov. 6-12
The bustling Nov 6-12 trading period generated plenty of buzz, starting with the TSX Composite Index, which plunged 4.7%, or 668.41 points, to 13,604.96. The TSX wasn’t alone — equity markets around …
Bayswater rises on near-surface uranium at Anna Lake
Uranium intersections from the Central Mineral Belt in Labrador that stretched up to 40 metres long, gave Bayswater Uranium (BAY-V) shares a 10% boost recently.
‘Dark clouds’ over Tahera
Tahera Diamond’s (TAH-T, TAHEF-O) future appears about as grim as the company’s books, which have been saturated in red ink since commercial production began at its Jericho diamond mine, in Nunavut, i…
Cameco prepares for less cash in Q4 (November 19, 2007)
Record-breaking uranium prices have continued to mask the setbacks that Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has been confronting over the last year, with third-quarter net earnings reaching $275 million.
Editorial: BHP Billiton eyes Rio Tinto in mining’s biggest-ever deal
The mining industry’s merger mania returned to the very top of the food chain during the week ended Nov. 10, the 45th trading week of 2007.
NA Tungsten launches Mactung study
Vancouver — Strongly bullish on tungsten’s outlook, North American Tungsten (NTC-V, NATUF-O) has begun a feasibility study on its large Mactung project, near MacMillan Pass on the Yukon-Northwest Ter…
VMS raises $19.5M for Reed Lake
Vancouver — The first drill results from the Reed Lake copper-zinc discovery made waves in the market in recent weeks. Now VMS Ventures (VMS-V, VMSTF-O) has raised $19.5 million to fund continued exp…
Benton, Teck set drill targets
Benton Resources (BTC-V, BNRJF-O) has assayed the last of 324 grab samples taken this summer from its Kingurutik Lake copper-nickel-cobalt property in Labrador, confirming mineralization in numerous z…