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JV partners Regulus and Pachamama to merge

Already equal partners in the headline-grabbing Rio Grande copper-gold project in Argentina, Regulus Resources (REG-V) and Pachamama Resources (PMA-V) are making the arrangement formal and merging into one company.


A showing of fuchsite and carbonate-altered mafic to ultramafic volcanic rocks, recrystallized cherty iron formation and quartz veins at Benton Resources' Sewell gold project near Timmins, Ontario. Photo by Benton Resources

Gold sniffs for Benton at Sewell-West project

Last December Benton Resources (BTC-V) launched a 1,500-metre drill program at its Sewell-West Timmins grassroots gold project in northern Ontario, 60 km west of Timmins and 40 km west of Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T) Timmins gold mine.


Positive prefeasibility for Silvercorp

AMC Mining Consultants has given the thumbs-up to Silvercorp Metals’ (SVM-T, SVM-N) Gaocheng silver-lead-zinc project in southern China in a prefeasibility study that outlines a $73.7 million net present value at an 8% discount rate, a…


A drill rig at Magma Metals' Thunder Bay North platinum-palladium-copper-nickel project, located 50 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photo by Magma Metals

Panoramic launches hostile bid for Magma Metals

An unfriendly takeover bid of Magma Metals (MMW-T, MMW-A) by Australia’s Panoramic Resources (PAN-A) sent Magma’s shares in Toronto up 77% to close at 15¢ on Feb. 3 with nearly 3 million shares changing hands.  



Talon hits iron in fresh and weathered rock at Trairao

Vancouver – Talon Metals (TLO-T) has released a slew of drill results from its extensive 2011 exploration program, showing significant iron content in both weathered and fresh rock at its Trairao project in Brazil.


Positive PEA for Queenston’s Upper Beaver

A preliminary economic assessment of Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T, QNMNF-O) flagship Upper Beaver project in northern Ontario envisions production of 120,000 ounces of gold and 5.3 million pounds of copper a year at attractive cash costs…


Shear secures Jericho water licence

Vancouver – Shear Diamonds (SRM-V) has been given the final ok on a renewal of its water licence for its Jericho diamond project in Nunavut.


NovaDx looks to specialty coal

Vancouver – NovaDx Ventures (NDX-V), once a pharmaceutical shell turned merchant bank, has now found itself on more solid footing as a specialty coal company.



Lake Shore Gold updates resource at Timmins West mine

Greater knowledge from mining and development work over the last year and a half, results from additional infill drilling and a reinterpretation of drill results have culminated in an updated resource estimate for Lake Shore Gold’s…


Kinross reports US$2.78B Q4 loss

Vancouver – Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) has announced a US$2.78-billion net loss, or $2.45 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2011 following the write-down of its assets acquired though the takeover of Red Back Mining in 2010.


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