Wildcat Silver’s share price leaps on drilling, financing
Vancouver – Promising drill results, a healthy financing and an underlying rise in the price of silver have helped Wildcat Silver’s (WS-V) share price climb upwards in recent weeks.
2011
More high grades for Continental
The latest results from Continental Gold’s (CNL-T) Buritica project in Colombia add further support to the notion that the company has significant project on it hands. The latest results came out of 15 diamond drill-holes at the wholly owned…
Argentex Mining posts Pinguino PEA
Until late 2009, Argentex Mining (ATX-V, AGXM-O) focused on drilling the polymetallic sulphide mineralization at its Pinguino project in Argentina. But then the company decided to shift gears and concentrate instead on the property’s…
Short Position Report (March 22, 2011)
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Mar. 15/11 (with changes from Feb….
Lundin’s board gives thumbs down to Equinox (March 22, 2011)
Lundin Mining (LUN-T) is urging its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) worth about $4.8 billion, arguing it is too low and that the Australian mining company would have to take on too much debt (a…
Venture limits losses in March 14-18 period
Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Exchange partially recovered from early losses in the March 14 to 18 period, but still ended down 22.87 points at 2,243.87 points for a second downward week as the Japanese disaster compounded middle east…
Capital Gold shareholders love a good fight (March 21, 2011)
Sometimes a fight can be a beautiful thing. And that is just the position that Capital Gold (CGC-A) shareholders are taking as they sit back and watch two rivals up their bids for the prized shares they hold.
TSX rides the roller coaster
After a wild ride over the March 14-18 period the TSX Composite Index recovered nicely from early losses and gained 244.63 points to finish at 13,789.63 points. Market volatility came courtesy of the tsunami in Japan and fears of a nuclear…
U.S. equities lose ground after Japanese disaster
It was a dark week for U.S. equities as Japan struggled to contain fires, explosions and radiation leaks at its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 185.88 points or 1.54% to 11,858.52, while the S&P…
Quadra FNX posts record earnings in 2010 (March 21, 2011)
Quadra Mining successfully completed its merger with FNX Mining in May 2010 and judging by the combined company’s earnings last year, the blend into Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T) has been a success so far, with a little help from surging copper…
A new play on Brazilian potash
For investors hungry for a new way to play rising food prices through potash juniors, a new avenue with experienced management should soon be tradable in Toronto. Toronto-based Rio Verde Minerals, currently a privately held company, plans to…
High-grade hits for Temex in Timmins
Exploration drilling on the 6 Vein area of the Upper Hallnor mine in Ontario’s Timmins camp has returned wide core lengths of gold mineralization, Temex Resources (TME-V) says, with 9.97 grams gold per tonne over 6.7 metres including 66 grams…