VANCOUVER — Producer Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) is hoping to step up its presence in Canada with a $17.5-million cash and share agreement for explorer Mega Precious Metals (TSXV: MGP) and its 338 sq. km Monument Bay gold-tungsten…
The final week of April saw the closing of Noront Resources’ acquisition of Cliffs Natural Resources’ chromite assets in northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire region. The deal saw a last-minute bump-up in the price to US$27.5…
VANCOUVER — Canada and India heralded a new era of economic cooperation on April 15 when the countries announced a uranium trade agreement wherein Canadian producer Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) will fuel growing Indian power needs over…
North American Palladium (TSX: PDL; US-OTC: PALDF) is facing the consequences of a potential loan default, which could transfer 98% of the company and ownership of the Lac des Îles (LDI) palladium mine, near Thunder Bay, Ont., to its…
The opportunity to acquire the past-producing Snow Lake gold mine and mill in Manitoba from financially strapped QMX Gold (TSXV: QMX) emerged a couple of months ago, Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has confirmed, but says “there is…
VANCOUVER — Explorer Mega Precious Metals (TSXV: MGP) is sitting on a multi-million ounce gold-tungsten deposit at its Monument Bay project, and it sees a lot more upside across the 338 sq. km property, 340 km southeast of Thompson, Man….
VANCOUVER — Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) is hoping to follow in the footsteps of some major Canadian success stories in the gold space. And the company has gotten closer to reaching that goal with a…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a busy twelve months on the acquisition front for Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), and the company continued its drive on April 10 with a $32-million bid for Toronto-based explorer Soltoro (TSXV: SOL;…
VANCOUVER — Orex Minerals (TSXV: REX; US-OTC: ORXIF) has struck a letter of intent (LOI) with Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) on the junior’s Barsele gold and base-metal property in Sweden’s prolific Skelleftea mining…
South Africa is world renowned for its exceptional mineral wealth and vast underground mining complexes, but one of the weakest links in the critical sector is national, state-owned electrical utility Eskom, whose deep operational and…
Almonty Industries (TSXV: ALL), a Toronto-headquartered company that describes itself as a specialist in acquiring distressed and underperforming tungsten assets, is turning its sights on Dublin-based Ormonde Mining (LSE: ORM).
VANCOUVER — Royalty and streaming leader Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has been increasing its presence in the gold space recently, and according to president and CEO Randy Smallwood that trend could continue, with many of the…
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