Stillwater buys Marathon PGM in $118-million deal
Vancouver – Stillwater Mining (SWC-N), the only producer of platinum and palladium in the United States, is pa…
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Excellon hits more high grade Mexican silver
Excellon Resources (EXN-T) Platosa project in central Mexico is already producing silver, zinc and lead from h…
Magma Metals updates resource Thunder Bay North resource
An updated resource based on nearly twice as much drilling as the previous estimate completed a year ago revea…
La Mancha marches on in Africa and Australia
Vancouver – La Mancha Resources’ (LMA-T) bet on Africa is paying off: the company just completed a positive pr…
Alto Ventures advances Coldstream project
Noranda Exploration discovered Alto Ventures’ (ATV-V) East Coldstream deposit in the Burchell Lake area of Ont…
Junior successes lift Venture
Vancouver – In a clear end to the summer doldrums the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index gained ground every …
US equities gain momentum during Aug. 30-Sept. 30 trading week
The U.S. unemployment rate in August increased a tenth of a percentage point to 9.6%, but a bigger-than-expect…
Short Position Report (September 07, 2010)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Aug. 31/…
TSX climbs on positive economic data
Positive economic data from the U.S. had investors less afraid of the dreaded double-dip recession and the TSX…
Will the Chinese bid for Potash Corp.?
As speculation mounts about the possibility of alternative bids emerging for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT-T, POT-N), many eyes are turning to China, which needs potash to meet its growing food needs.”Food security is important for China…
Entre sitting pretty in OT’s shadow
SOUTH GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA — “Closeology” can sometimes be just as valuable as geology, says Lindsay Bottomer, vice-president of business development for Entrée Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X, EKA-F), a Canadian junior explorer that has tossed its…
Monument nears production at Selinsing
VANCOUVER — Tucked away in rural Malaysia, Vancouver-based Monument Mining (MMY-V, D7Q1-F) has quickly and quietly been bringing online a respectably sized gold mine.Monument acquired the Selinsing gold project in June 2007 and has since…