Tahera puts itself on the block
Failing diamond miner Tahera Diamond( TAH-T, TAHEF-O), which has been under creditor protection since January, has put itself up for sale, hiring financial advisory firm Franklin Capital Partners to f…
2008
China’s Tibet policies back on the front burner
The holiday-shortened week ended March 22, the twelfth trading week of 2008, was a time for most market participants to catch their collective breath after the tumultuous gyrations in the world’s stoc…
PEOPLE (March 31, 2008)
CanAlaska Uranium — Victor Fern appointed a director.
No end in sight for moly rally (March 31, 2008)
Diminishing inventories, surging steel consumption and the widening scope of end-uses for molybdenum will sustain the current rally in prices for the base metal, according to the CPM Group, a New York…
New Velardena vein for ECU (March 31, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A new vein discovery at the Velardena property in Durango state, Mexico, gave ECU Silver Mining (ECU-T, ECUXF-O) a market boost recently.
Hiring for key roles: 4 pitfalls to avoid
Throughout my experience working as a headhunter at the executive level and helping companies improve their overall hiring processes, I have had a unique laboratory to study the effectiveness — or la…
TSX SHORT POSITIONS (March 31, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15/08 (with changes from Mar. 1/08).
Aurelian drills more lengthy intersections from FDN
Infill drilling at Aurelian Resources’ (ARU-T, AUREF-O) massive Fruta Del Norte gold-silver deposit in Ecuador has resulted in some eye-catching intersections.
Teck Cominco, Inmet nudge Petaquilla development forward
Vancouver – Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) and Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) have decided to move forward with plann…
Wallbridge inks joint venture with Vale Inco and Xstrata Nickel
Wallbridge Mining (WM-T) is teaming up with heavyweight nickel producers Vale Inco and Xstrata Nickel in a joint ve…
Hunter Dickinson shows faith in Goldbrook
The Raglan district’s largest land holder, Goldbrook Ventures (GBK-V), is set to share its large swath of territory…
Japan teams with Aussie junior in Cambodia (March 28, 2008)
A Japanese government-run company has agreed to spend US$4.5 million over three years on two of Southern Gold’s (SA…