Victoria sells assets to focus on Eagle
Victoria Gold (VIT-V) is trading in Nevada for the Yukon.
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Bannerman makes headway at Etango
With a recently completed definitive feasibility study now under its belt, Bannerman Resources (BAN-T) says it can step up discussions with potential development partners and other financiers for its flagship Etango project in Namibia—one…
TSX down as commodities continue to slide
The TSX Composite Index was off 278 points to 12,103.11 for the holiday shortened April 2 -5 period despite a solid job creation report from Statistics Canada. The report showed far more jobs were created in March than economists had predicted.
B2Gold ups its presence in Nicaragua
B2Gold (BTO-T) is increasing its foothold in Nicaragua by agreeing to take full ownership of two of its joint-venture gold properties, and earning into two more projects in the country.
Venture drops in April 2-5 period
VANCOUVER — The shortened April 2 to 5 trading period was not kind to the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index, which dropped 85.35 points to end at 1,481.04 points. The drop effectively put the index back where it was at the beginning of…
Drilling lifts Belo Sun Mining
Assay results released Apr. 5 from Volta Grande, an advanced stage exploration project in Brazil about 60 km southwest of the town of Altamira in the country’s northern state of Para, sent the shares of Belo Sun Mining (BSX-T) up 3.6% to…
U.S. equities slide, Apr. 2-5
U.S. equities lost ground after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting published on Apr. 3 suggested that the central bank will not introduce more monetary stimulus. Markets were also dragged lower on renewed concerns about…
Emed locks down financing for Rio Tinto revival
Emed Mining (EMD-T, EMED-L) has closed its second major financing of the year as the company moves towards restarting production at the historic Rio Tinto copper mine located 65 km north of Seville in Andalucia, Spain.
Lundin’s NGEx targets copper and gold in Chile
NGEx Resources (NGQ-T) looks to have a promising collection of copper-gold porphyry properties in Chile’s prolific Region III, but considering the company comes under the umbrella of the serially successful Lundin Group of Companies, that…
Lumina hits longest intercept to date
Scotia Capital mining analyst Tom Meyer has lifted his one-year target price on Lumina Copper (LCC-V) shares from $18 to $21 after the company released more positive drill results, including the longest mineralized intercept to date…
First Quantum preps Sentinel for production
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) — which has several copper projects in its development pipeline — has a new reserve and resource estimate in hand for its Sentinel copper project in Zambia.
Duran’s Aguila project takes shape
Duran Ventures (DRV-V) has received a maiden resource estimate for its Aguila copper-molybdenum porphyry project in Peru’s north-central Ancash district.