NovaGold lines up US$95 million to recharge treasury
Vancouver – After recently pulling the plug on a planned $130-million private placement due to “pricing conditions”…
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Redhawk finds deep breccia at Copper Creek (March 20, 2008)
Vancouver – Exploration drilling is returning long, strong intercepts for Redhawk Resources (RDK-V) as the company …
Following the money: Ringbolt Ventures makes potash play
With food and fertilizer prices at record highs, mineral exploration company Ringbolt Ventures (RBV-V) has spied an…
Nevada Copper reports economics on Pumpkin Hollow
A preliminary economic assessment of Nevada Copper’s (NCU-T) 100% owned Pumpkin Hollow copper property southeast …
Uranerz raising US$23.7 million, Denison becoming shareholder
Vancouver – Uranerz Energy (URZ-T, URZ-X) has plans for a major financing that will see intermediate uranium produc…
SEC cracks down on hijacking (March 17, 2008)
Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T, PZG-X) is one of 26 companies that have been temporarily suspended by the United …
Magnesium for Molycor Gold
On a day when markets around the world were tumbling on news of a Bear Stearns fire sale, Molycor Gold managed to c…
SRA revives Mid-Tennessee zinc complex
SITE VISIT GORDONSVILLE, TENNESSEE–During 28 years of production at the Mid-Tennessee zinc mine complex, it wasn’t always the zinc that kept business afloat. Agricultural lime, gravel, germanium and even a…
Ucore eyes Alaskan uranium production
SITE VISIT KETCHIKAN, ALASKA — Old-time prospector Bob Dotson is anxiously watching the exploration program under way by Ucore Uranium( UCU-V, UURAF-O) on the past-producing Bokan Mountain uranium property, on…
Barrick buys rest of Cortez for US$1.7B
One of the planet’s best gold assets is now solely in the hands of the world’s biggest gold miner.
New resource estimate for Pebble East
An updated resource estimate for Pebble East confirms Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (NDM-T, NAK-X) claims that its copper-gold-molybdenum deposit in southwestern Alaska is one of the most significant in …
Gold, oil hit record highs
More records were set for commodity prices during the week ended Feb. 23, the eighth trading period of 2008, as both oil and gold prices rose to new, all-time nominal highs as the U.S. dollar suffered…