Canada

Slam cashes up to fund exploration in Ontario and New Brunswick

Slam Exploration (SXL-V) has topped up its treasury with a series of private placement financings as it prepares to resume exploration drilling early in the New Year on the Reserve Creek gold project in northern Ontario and the Silverjack base…


Battle for Baffinland Iron Mines continues

The takeover battle between private equity investor Nunavut Iron Ore Acquisition and global steel giant ArcelorMittal (MT-N) for junior Baffinland Iron Mines (BIM-T) and its Mary River project took a new turn with a revised offer from…


Shear rolls back shares and changes name

At the opening bell on December 30, Shear Minerals will begin trading on a consolidated basis under the new name of Shear Diamonds (SRM-V). At the company’s recent annual meeting, shareholders and the board of directors approved a 10-to-1…


Blue Note gets extension on Croinor acquisition

Blue Note Mining (BNT-V) has three more months to tie up its acquisition of First Gold Exploration’s (EFG-V) stake in the Croinor gold project and the Matchi-Manitou property. The deal was originally announced in July with the closing date set…


2010: The year of the deal

After surviving a devastating 2009 characterized by plummeting commodity prices, sweeping cutbacks and ailing financial markets, the mining industry enjoyed a cautious recovery in 2010, powered by higher metals prices and strong mineral demand…


Helicopters near the camp at Peregrine Diamonds' Chidliak project on the south end of Baffin Island, Nunavut.

Chidliak’s results compare favourably to Diavik

While it’s still early days at Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-T) Baffin Island Chidliak diamond project, mini-bulk sample results from the promising CH-6 kimberlite compare well to the kimberlite pipes bein…


Drillers working at Western Potash's Milestone project in Saskatchewan.

Three junior potash picks

With potash juniors continuing to enjoy the limelight, Mining Markets asked a few fertilizer analysts for their picks in the sector and came up with three companies that stood out.


Baffinland reports high-grade assays at Mary River

Five days after ArcelorMittal (MT-N) sweetened its takeover bid for Baffinland Iron Mines (BIM-T) by 15¢ per share, high-grade assay results from nineteen additional holes at the Mary River project on Baffin Island in Nunavut suggest the…




Positive feasibility for Canada Lithium

Vancouver – Canada’s most advanced lithium project took a big step closer to production on mid-December when Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) produced a positive feasibility study for its Quebec Lithium project near Val d’Or.


Avanti Mining boosts Kitsault’s NPV (December 20, 2010)

A better long-term outlook for molybdenum prices and a nearly US$200 million decrease in initial and sustaining capital has improved the net present value of Avanti Mining’s (AVT-V) Kitsault project by about US$250 million, boosting it to…


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