Investor group takes 30% stake in Lake Giles iron ore project
Australian junior Macarthur Minerals (MMS-V) is capitalizing on Asian steel companies seeking to set up long-term…
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Partners rev up exploration efforts at Matheson JV
It’s no coincidence that Matamec Explorations’ (MAT-V, MTCEF-O) new Matheson joint venture, in the Timmins gold camp, is next to Goldcorp’s (G-T, GG-N) Hoyle Pond gold mine property, says the company’…
Private Thai group to buy Pan African Mining (April 28, 2008)
Hungry for new coal properties outside Southeast Asia, Asia Thai Mining is buying Pan African Mining( PAF-V, PAFRF-O)at an 84.3% premium over the Vancouverbased junior’s 20-day average trading price.
Feasibility study for Ashdown moly mine
Although molybdenum production is already under way at the Ashdown mine near Denio, Nev., 60-40 joint-venture partners Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-O) and Win-Eldrich Mines (WEX-V, WIDMF-O) have rele…
CANADIAN GOLD MUTUAL FUNDS (April 28, 2008)
Featured Fund: AGF Precious Metals, as of 01/31/08 (in weighted order): Kinross Gold, Goldcorp, Yamana Gold, Inmet Mining, Iamgold, Central Fund of Canada, Agnico-Eagle Mines, High River Gold Mines, F…
Apollo Gold shoots arrow through adversity
Building a mining company is seldom an easy road to venture down, without hardships and bumps along the way. But in Apollo Gold’s (APG-T, AGT-X)case, the road nearly came to a dead end in 2005, when a…
Houston Lake takes steady path towards production
Houston Lake Mining’s (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) president and chief executive Grayme Anthony knows what it is to persevere.
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Residents of Oklahoma town sue over historic pollution
Kaylee Jernigan and her mother Kim live less than half a mile from the site of a smelter that refined zinc and cadmium ore concentrates for 58 years before it was closed down in 1974.
Blue Note Mining hopes to strike the right chord
It cost a king’s ransom of $97 million but Blue Note Mining (BN-T, BNMFF-O) chief executive Michael Judson believes the resuscitation of two old zinc-lead mines in northern New Brunswick will be worth…
Strateco to go underground at Matoush (April 28, 2008)
It looks like Strateco Resources (RSC-T, SRSIF-O) will be the first company to explore underground for uranium in Quebec now that it’s received permission to do so at its Matoush uranium project in th…
TSX VENTURE SHORT POSITIONS (April 28, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Apr. 1/08 (with changes from Mar. 15/08).