2011

Magellan races to find more Brazilian gold

It’s been years since geologists Alan Carter and Dennis Moore flew around with a claim map staking property in Brazil’s attractive Tapajos gold district, before setting up their own mining company – Magellan Minerals (mnm-v).


Ursa gets in the ring with Forbes & Manhattan

Struggling junior nickel miner Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T) has told Stan Bharti’s Forbes & Manhattan group to put up its dukes and prepare for a fight at the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders in Toronto on June 23.


Ct Lake: Ontario’s next great deposit

There is no debating that Trelawney Mining’s (TRR-V) Côté Lake deposit is big. But the question on the minds of many junior gold investors is: Just how big? 



Bralorne pours first dor bar from historic BC gold mine

Vancouver – Seventy-nine years after the first gold brick was poured from one of British Columbia’s richest and largest gold mines, Bralorne Gold Mines (bpm-v) has restarted operations at the Bralorne complex. The company poured the first…


McEwen to merge US Gold, Minera Andes

Rob McEwen, the largest shareholder of both US Gold (UXG-T, UXG-N) and Minera Andes (MAI-T), plans to combine the two companies to create what would be a dynamic, mid-tier silver producer in the Americas….


Great Quest rises on Mali’s phosphate potential

It must have been one inspiring annual shareholders meeting for Great Quest Metals (GQ-V) as the company’s shares jumped just a day after it was concluded. In Toronto on June 14 the company’s shares were up 26% or 85¢ to $4.15 on 98,400…


TSX tumbles to a six-month low

The June 6-10 trading week saw the TSX Composite Index tumble 433.9 points, or 3.2%, to end at 13,084, hitting its lowest level in more than six months. The drop came as concerns over the global recovery pace and Greece’s debt crisis rose.


Venture slides to seven-month low

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index continued to slide during the June 6-10 trading period, falling 79.6 points to 1,934. The index has already retreated approximately 21.5% from its early March peak of 2,464 points, slightly more than the…


Banro raises funds for Congolese hospital

The Banro Foundation, a charity created by Canadian gold explorer Banro (BAA-T, BAA-N)  in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, raised $80,000 for the Panzi Hospital in the eastern part of the country.


New York markets continue to slide

The market slump continued unabated for the June 6-10 period as The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 200 points to finish at 11,951.91, while the S&P 500 index was off 30 points to end up at 1,210.98. The drop-off after market watchers…


Aurizon expands resource at Hosco

Drilling in the last three quarters of 2010 and January 2011 has boosted by 31% the in-pit measured and indicated resource at Aurizon Mines’ (ARZ-T, AZK-X) Hosco deposit, part of the gold producer’s Joanna project in northwestern Quebec.


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