Dividends (March 16, 2009)
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News
Rio Tinto Gets US$761M For Jacobs Ranch Coal Mine
Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N, RIO-L) recent US$19-billion cash infusion from Chinese state-owned Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH-N) (Chinalco) hasn’t slowed the pace of the debt-laden major’s asset sales.
Macarthur’s $100M Payday Disappears
VANCOUVER –It seemed too good to be true and it was: Macarthur Minerals( MMS-V, MMSDF-O) fell 45% on news that a $100-million deal for its Lake Giles iron ore deposit in Western Australia fell throug…
Hawk Quits Noront JV On Disappointing Results
Ho-hum exploration results in the “Ring of Fire” in the McFaulds Lake area of northern Ontario have forced Hawk Uranium (HUI-V, HWKPF-O) to bow out of its joint-venture option agreement with Noront Re…
Nagging Court Case Over For Farallon
Farallon Resources (FAN-T, FRLLF-O) is generating positive news despite being a base metal producer in a slumping metals market.
Impact Cuts High-Grade Mexican Silver
VANCOUVER — As Impact Silver (IPT-V, ISVLF-O) announces results of a 54-hole drill campaign at the Capire target on its Mamatla property in Mexico, it says there may be potential for an open-pit mine…
Ventana Gold extends La Mascota zone to 625 metres
When the first set of drill results from Ventana Gold’s (VEN-T) La Bodega gold project came in no one could believe…
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 quart…
Sandstorm remakes itself as a silver stream business
Vancouver – Two former directors of Silver Wheaton (SLW-T) are trying out the precious metal stream business again,…
Can Forrest fund the Forsys acquisition?
Forsys Metals’ (FSY-T, FSY-N) market run was dealt a severe blow after it announced George Forrest Internati…
Four years of production growth for Endeavour Silver
Vancouver – For Endeavour Silver (EDR-T), 2008 marked four years of rising silver production and the company plans …
First resource on Fronteer Development’s Long Canyon
Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-x) has long said that its Long Canyon gold deposit in the heart of the Pequo…