Geomaque raises $7.3m, eyes Midas Gold
Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) has raised $7.3 million via a brokered private placement of 130.7 million subscription receipts priced at 5.5 apiece, plus 2.5 million receipts at 6 each, for company i…
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Private placements — good, bad or neutral?
Private Placements can either be good or bad for a stock.Companies often need a rush of new money for many purposes. Maybe they aren’t earning enough to meet expenses, or maybe they need a big chunk o…
Gold Fields inks deal with Mvelaphanda
Gold Fields (GFI-N) has agreed to sell a 15% stake in its South African gold mining assets to Mvelaphanda Resources, a black economic empowerment group led by Mvela Resources, for R4.1 billion (US$514…
Platinum demand outstrips supply
Demand for platinum grew 5% to 6.5 million oz. in 2002, driven by strong sales to the Chinese jewelry market and greater use in autocatalysts, according to Platinum 2003, a report by London-based John…
Globex heads to Honduras
Playing against type, Abitibi explorer Globex Mining Enterprises (GMX-T) has staked a property covering a series of gold showings in the southern department of Valle in Honduras.The property covers a …
Markham vehicle cease-traded
The British Columbia Securities Commission has placed a permanent cease-trade order on the shares of American Gold Mining, which had been promoted by Ronald Markham.Markham, who the commission says is…
AngloGold, Rubicon cut gold at Rivard
Vancouver — A 33-hole drill program by partners AngloGold (AU-N) and Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has returned promising grades from the Rivard target in Ontario’s prolific Red Lake mining camp.Out of th…
Suppliers Roundup (June 16, 2003)
Skanska wins $50m contractNorth Bay, Ont.-based Cementation Skanska has won a $50-million contract to build a shaft at Goldcorp’s Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario.Construction of the 2,200-metre …
Nova Scotia meeting focuses on gold potential
Bolstered by a rising gold price and a flurry of recent property deals, Nova Scotia’s gold exploration potential was featured at the Mining Society of Nova Scotia’s 116th annual meeting June 5-6.”This…
Montreal hosts dam conference
At a symposium on June 15 at the Palais des Congrs de Montral, specialists from the hydraulics and mining industries will exchange ideas on maintenance and environmental issues associated with taili…
Nevada Star kicks off geophysics at Man property
Vancouver –Nevada Star Resource (NEV-V) has started a ground geophysical survey on its 100% owned Dunite Hill project in Alaska.The MAN project is situated in east-central Alaska, south of Fairbanks …
Seabridge begins work in NWT
Vancouver — Junior Seabridge Gold (SEA-V) has launched a $1.6-million program of exploration on its wholly owned Courageous Lake project in the Northwest Territories.Initially, the company will selec…