Cons. Thompson Gets Chinese Partner
VANCOUVER — Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (CLM-T) has found itself a partner to develop and run the Bloom Lake iron mine in eastern Quebec.
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Griffin Mining Pulls Plug On Ivernia Offer
In an unexpected move, Griffin Mining (gfmif-o, gfm-l) has withdrawn its unsolicited takeover offer for lead miner Ivernia (IVW-T, IVWFF-O).
Royal Gold Buys Andacollo Royalty
VANCOUVER — Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N ) and its minority partner have agreed to sell a major share of the anticipated gold stream from their Carmen de Andacollo copper-gold mine in Chile to Denver-based …
Rio Tinto To Idle Diavik, QIT-Fer
Autumn’s global collapse in diamond demand continued to ripple through Canada’s diamond mines during the thirteenth trading week of the year, as the lively Canadian diamond scene grapples with its fir…
Tower Hill Raises $10M, Doubles Livengood Drill Program
VANCOUVER — A March financing brought in twice as much as it expected, so International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-V, THM-X) has doubled the size of its drill program at the Livengood gold project in Alas…
Aurizon Thrives In Midst Of Downturn
VANCOUVER — Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) is one of those companies happy to be mining gold.
Semafo Posts Record Financial, Operational Results
It may have been a year many companies would prefer to forget, but 2008 was one of the best years in Semafo’s (SMF-T, SEMFF-O) history.
Bigger Is Better For Juniors Magellan And Chapleau
Junior explorers Magellan Minerals (MNM-V, MAGNF-O) and Chapleau Resources (CHI-V, CHRRF-O) believe they’d be better off if they combined their exploration and development efforts in northern Brazil.
Capella Stock Soars On Lajitas Gold Intercept
Capella Resources (KPS-V) has intersected 105 metres of 1.59 gram gold per tonne in a drill hole on its Lajitas project in the Maricunga district of the Andes in northern Chile. The intercept starts a…
Paramount Gold And Silver Trades Major Stake For $9M
VANCOUVER–Through a $9-million financing, Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T, PZG-X) is selling as much as a quarter of the company to Toronto-based FCMI Financial.
Silver Wheaton To Consolidate Grip On Industry
Silver Wheaton’s (SLW-T, SLW-N) proposed acquisition of Silverstone Resources (SST-V, SVRCF-O) will give it immediate production and cash flow from a number of low-cost mines in politically stable cou…
ABB To Supply Electrical Gear For Vale Plant
Power and automation supplier ABB (ABB-N) has signed a US$62- million deal with Vale (RIO-N) to supply electrical equipment to the company’s Oman Industrial Complex project, in the Middle Eastern coun…