Ontex Resources and Roxmark Mines approve merger
Shareholders of junior gold explorers Ontex Resources (ONT-T) and Roxmark Mines (RMK-V) have voted in favour o…
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Acadian gets environmental go-ahead for gold mine
Nova Scotia’s Minister of the Environment has granted the environmental assessment approval Acadian Mining (AD…
Iamgold expects production at Westwood by 2013
The latest preliminary study on Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) Westwood project 40 km east of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., s…
Canada Lithium Rides The Cleantech Wave
SITE VISIT LACORNE TOWNSHIP, QUE. — A mink scuttles across some new ice at the perimeter of a retaining pond at Canada Lithium’s (CLQ-V) Quebec property, presumably after catching itself…
Toronto Stock Exchange -December 8-14
The S&P/TSX composite index showed resilience over the Dec. 8-14 reporting period as it approached the end of a strong comeback year. The index finished 56 points higher at 11,545 points, showing …
TSX Venture Exchange -December 8-14
For a third consecutive five-day trading period, the S&P/TSX Venture composite index bounced around the 1,400 level. Between Dec. 8 and 14, the index lost 9.32 points to close at 1,425.08. A 32-po…
U.S. Markets -December 8-14
Anxiety that interest rates may soon start to rise, outpacing the current and uneven recovery, continued to make investors skittish over the Dec. 8-14 reporting period. Nevertheless, the Dow Jones Ind…
Cliffs Boosts Freewest Offer
A bidding war between Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) and Noront Resources (NOT-V) for Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-V) has come to an end.
Ontario To Pay Platinex $5M In Settlement
The Ontario government has agreed to pay Platinex (PTX-V) $5 million to drop lawsuits against the Crown and the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation in Big Trout Lake, Ont., after a messy, d…
Orvana Boasts Strong Balance Sheet, Multi-Mine Promise
Low-cost gold producer Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) says it will boost production in Bolivia in fiscal 2011, start producing in northern Spain in the first half of fiscal 2011 and release a resource estima…
Entree To Expand Nevada Holdings With Bid For PacMag
VANCOUVER–Looking to boost its resource count while consolidating a large Nevada land package, Entree Gold (ETG-T, EGI-X) is buying Australian explorer PacMag Metals (PMGZF-O, PMH-A) in a cash-and-st…
Taseko Sells Gibraltar Stake To Sojitz For $180M
Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) is in the money.