Apollo Pays Hefty Price For Black Fox Funds
Apollo Gold (APG-T, AGT-X) now has the money it needs to push ahead with the construction of its Black Fox gold mine near Timmins, Ont., but at what cost?
Canada
Meliadine Gets Scoping Study Go-Ahead
VANCOUVER — After 20 years of work in Canada’s North, Comaplex Minerals (CMF-T, CXMLF-O) has a positive scoping study in hand for a combined open-pit/underground operation at its Meliadine gold proje…
Editorial: De Beers’ US$500M Bailout
The seventh trading week of 2009 closed out with news of profound cash-flow problems at the iconic diamond miner De Beers, underscoring the global collapse in demand for luxury goods such as diamonds.
Queenston Refuels With $18M Financing
Queenston Mining (QMI-T, QNMNF-O) has big spending plans for the Kirkland Lake gold camp, in northwestern Ontario, where it’s developing four gold deposits.
Peregrine Picks Up Land Surrounding Chidliak
Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T, PGDIF-O) is more than doubling its prospecting rights on Baffin Island, Canada’s newest diamond district.
Beleagured Teck Posts $607M Net Loss In Q4
VANCOUVER — Don Lindsay, the president and CEO of Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N), addressed the company’s heavy debt load and burgeoning fourth-quarter net loss in a conference call with investors on Feb 17.
Abacus Tallies Growing Copper-Gold Resource At Ajax
VANCOUVER– It was an old box of forgotten data in the back of a mill building that changed everything for Abacus Mining & Exploration (AME-V, ABCFF-O). Now, three and a half years after finding t…
China Inc. Steps Up Foreign Acquisitions
China’s state-owned companies are ratcheting up their acquisitions of struggling mining companies that have been hit by the financial crisis and poor metal prices.
Assay Lab ‘Oops’: Northern Freegold Hits Bonanza-Grade
VANCOUVER — Northern Freegold (NFR-V, NFRGF-O) CEO Bill Harris and president Susan Craig suspected the assay results of a drill intercept from the Nucleus zone of its Freegold Mountain property in th…
Boardroom Friction Heats Up For Polar Star
The war being waged in the boardroom of Polar Star Mining (PSR-V, POSRF-O) just got uglier.
Getting To The Ring Of Fire
Despite the industry slump, exploration in the McFaulds Lake area of northern Ontario continues apace as Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) and other explorers drill off deposits they hope will add up …
Temex gets little praise for solid results
Temex Resources (TME-V) continues to get solid intersects from drilling at the Hallnor mine block at its Whitney To…