Lots Of Gas Left In The Tank At Aurizon’s Casa Berardi
SITE VISIT LA SARRE, QUE. — In the last two years, Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) has trimmed debt from $73 million to $21 million. The junior gold producer can now…
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Ontario’s Mining Act Amendments: Consultation — Whose Duty?
Previously in The Northern Miner, ( T. N. M., May 25-31/09), I wrote about the aboriginal consultation provisions of Bill 173, the Mining Amendment Act, reminding the industry that although a quick re…
Starfield To Acquire Nevoro In Friendly Deal
Explorer Starfield Resources (SRU-T, SRFDF-O), which is advancing the Ferguson Lake base metal and platinum group metal (PGM) project in Nunavut, is taking over fellow junior Nevoro (NVR-T, NEVIF-O), …
Teck Turns To China To Lower Debt
It was such a short time ago that Canada’s biggest independent miner was suffering from too much debt and too little cash flow.
Golden Band Offers Investors $30M Gold-Linked Debenture
Tight credit markets and wary investors have forced Golden Band Resources (GBN-V, GBRIF-O) to try to sell investors physical gold it hasn’t yet produced through a $30-million gold-linked convertible d…
Anglo Swiss samples high grade gold in old Kenville workings
Vancouver – Anglo Swiss Resources’ (ASW-V) underground vein sampling program at the historic Kenville mine in sou…
International Kirkland gets ready to file for bankruptcy protection
If International Kirkland Minerals (IKI-V) can’t persuade one specific creditor to exchange shares for debt the c…
Osisko gets $75 million financing
Societe generale de financement du Quebec will give Osisko Mining Corp. (OSK-T) $75 million in financing to further…
Atac rises on first Rau hole of season
Vancouver – The first hole of the season out the Rau property in the Yukon returned a healthy serving of gold and a…
Metalex finds diamonds near Victor
Metalex Ventures (MTX-V) announced it has discovered two micro diamonds in previously drilled core from a project…
The PDAC’s E3 Plus And Bill C-300
The following is an edited excerpt of a recent speech made by Jon Baird, president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto. The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is…
S&P Base Metals Index Launched
Base metals investors now have a new index to follow through the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals index, launched in June by Standard & Poor’s.