Queenston raises $18M for gold exploration
Queenston Mining (QMI-T) has big spending plans for the Kirkland Lake gold camp in Northwestern Ontario, where it’s…
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Barrick buys out Teck at Hemlo
In yet another asset sale to deal with its short-term debt crisis, Teck (YCK.B-T, TCK-N) is unloading its half stak…
Premier breathes new life into Geraldton
The bright, cold winter light of a January morning heightens the sparseness of the snow-swept streets of Geraldton,…
Peregrine Diamonds buys land surrounding Chidliak
Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) is more than doubling its prospecting rights on Baffin Island, Canada’s newest diamond d…
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 …
Polar Star to choose board of directors in April
Polar Star Mining (PSR-V) will hold a shareholders meeting on Apr. 17 that will decide the fate of its current boar…
China Inc. steps up foreign acquisitions; bids for Oz Minerals
China’s state-owned companies are ratcheting up their acquisitions of struggling mining companies that have been hi…
Golden Hope Hits New Mineralization
Assay results from Golden Hope Mines (GNH-V, GOLHF-O)’ Bellechasse property confirm the company has hit upon a second mineralized body at its Quebec gold project.
Orex Adds Zones At Goldboro
Strong results from Orex Exploration’s (OX-V) drilling in Nova Scotia helped secure the Rouyn- Noranda, Que.-based junior some market momentum.
Century Mining Digs Up $66M Financing
Century Mining (CMM-V, CMNZF-O) has joined a growing group of mining companies trying to weather the financial storm through alternative financing solutions.
Xstrata Chops Jobs, Output In Sudbury
Continued low nickel prices are forcing Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) subsidiary Xstrata Nickel to accelerate the downsizing of its nickel mining and milling assets in Ontario’s Sudbury basin.
Rio Tinto Sells More Assets To Pare US$37B Debt
Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) continues to hack away at its immense debt load with sales to Vale (RIO-N) of its undeveloped potash assets in Argentina and Canada and an iron ore mine in Brazil for US$1.6 b…