Sparton Resources Inc

Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued its fall rally over the week ended Oct. 28. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index surged 36.80 points, or 2.51%, and closed at 1,498.55.Shares in…

TSX VENTURE EXCHANGEVancouver — Canada’s junior exchange surged to a new all-time high over the week ended Oct. 14. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index rocketed 36.64 points, or 2.6%, to clo…

Juniors Sparton Resources (YSP-V) and Beaufield Consolidated Resources (BFD-V) have begun drill-testing several gold targets in the Hemlo region of northern Ontario.At the recently acquired Qued proje…

St. John’s, NFLD — An increased level of exploration activity in Newfoundland and Labrador has resulted in 30,500 new claims being staked this year (to the end of October), surpassing the previous hi…

An increasing interest from the majors and an ongoing price rally are adding momentum to the search for platinum and palladium deposits in northern Ontario. At last count, more than a dozen companies …

Partners Freewest Resources (FWR-M) and Sparton Resources (YSP-V) will begin another round of drilling at their Folson Lake platinum group metals (PGM) property, near Sudbury, Ont.Folson Lake covers 3…

Quebec City-based Majescor Resources (MAJ-M) has arranged a $2.2-million private placement with investment dealer Canaccord Capital. Proceeds are earmarked for diamond exploration in northern Quebec.T…

A sustained rally in platinum and palladium prices has rejuvenated exploration for these rare metals and breathed some life into the sickly junior mining sector.Platinum rocketed past $500 recently wh…

A deal with Royal Standard Minerals (rsm-m) is enabling Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-M) to extend its search for platinum group elements (PGE) to southeastern Nevada.The Montreal-based junior alread…

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ProAm Explorations (PMX-V) and Starcore Resources (SOE-V) have released encouraging results from a second phase of drilling on their jointly held Samuels Lake intrusive complex, 56 km west of Atikokan…

The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index slid 57.49 points in the report period Feb. 10-16, ending the week at 6,386.48.Gold producers regained some ground, with the gold and precious metals sub-group ris…