Pacific North jumps on River Valley
Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) saw it shares surge 24% as it released another nine assays from its River Valley primary platinum group metals (PGM) deposit near Sudbury, Ont.
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Golden Predator makes gains in the Yukon
The New Year got off to a strong start for Golden Predator (GPD-T) in the Yukon with drill results from the Sleeman zone at its flagship Brewery Creek deposit and a new gold discovery at Cache Creek.
Helio high on southern Tanzania
Helio Resource Corp. (HRC-V) continues to show that Tanzania has plenty of gold potential further south than most Western investors would have it.
Teck to buy SilverBirch Energy
Teck Resources (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) is raising its exposure to Alberta’s oil sands with plans to purchase SilverBirch Energy (SBE-V) in a cash and stock deal worth about $435 million. The acquisition will give Teck the rest of the Frontier oil…
Auracle shares pop 51% before drill results
Shares of new Vancouver-based gold explorer Auracle Resources (AAL-V) spiked 51% last week to 46¢ apiece before the release of assay results from the company’s first round of drilling at its Mexican Hat gold property in Arizona.
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Inmet’s Cobre Panama clears environmental hurdle
Inmet Mining (IMN-T) shares surged $3.12 apiece, or 4.76%, to close at $68.62 in the new year after the company announced that the Panamanian government has approved an environmental and social impact assessment for its Cobre Panama…
Anglo American meets organic growth milestones
Over the last year Anglo American (AAL-L) has commissioned three of its four major growth projects in three different metals: iron ore, nickel and copper.
Coalspur quietly advances Vista
Marketable coal reserves at Coalspur Mines’ (CPT-T) flagship Vista project in Alberta have risen 20% to 313 million tonnes from the 260 million tonnes estimated in the prefeasibility study. The 313 million tonnes will come from a recoverable…
Silvercorp’s Ying getting back its zing
Even after a KPMG forensic report cleared Vancouver-based Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVM-N) of all anonymous allegations of accounting fraud in October, the largest primary silver producer in China has retained two independent consulting firms -…
South American Silver sizes up Escalones
South American Silver (SAC-T) has released a first resource estimate on its wholly owned Escalones copper-gold-silver project in Central Chile.
McLean’s Transition to gold
When Scott McLean packed up and left Xstrata (XTA-L) after a long and fruitful career with Falconbridge, he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his time: find another world-class mine.