
Ties to Swiss miner Xstrata may exclude Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan from the $300-$400 million in fees that a listing of Xstrata’s part-owner Glencore could yield.
A standoff between Glencore Chief Executive Ivan Glasenberg and Xstrata’s Mick Davis — who has called on JPMorgan’s Ian Hannam and Brett Olsher, formerly of Deutsche... 

Recently, the gold price has skyrocketed thanks to the economy. When the economy goes down, interest in gold rises because investors move away from putting their money into paper currency. Instead, investors choose to buy gold and other precious metals and stone because these items tend to retain value — even during economic uncertainty. When... 

Mr. David Patterson, Chairman of Donner Metals Ltd., reports that the Company has engaged Syndicated Capital Corp. (“SCC”) of Vancouver, B.C., to provide investor relations services to the Company. The Company has agreed to pay SSC $5,000.00 per month, for an initial term of 12 months. Mr. A. Salman Jamal of Vancouver, B.C., is the principal... 

Esperanza Resources Corp. is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to sell its minority interest in the San Luis project, Peru, to Silver Standard Resources Inc., the majority owner and operator of San Luis. The transaction has been approved by the Boards of Directors of Esperanza and Silver Standard but remains subject to customary conditions,... 

Ceradyne Inc. announced a three-year contract award to Boron Products, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ceradyne, Inc., of approximately $18.3 million for the supply of B-10 enriched zirconium diboride (ZrB2) to Westinghouse Electric Company-Nuclear Fuels Division (WEC) for nuclear fuel applications. Enriched zirconium is designed into the WEC Integral... 

Industrial Minerals Corp. , a minerals processing company focused on developing the Southern Oregon Mineral Sands project, announced today that is has selected Allen & Caron Inc as its agency for investor relations and corporate communications. With offices in New York City, Irvine, CA and London, Allen & Caron will help Industrial Minerals... 

Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. announces that it has entered into an agreement to purchase three patented mining claims located in Chester Township, Ontario in consideration of the issuance of 50,000 common shares of Trelawney and a cash payment of $344,256.
In addition, Trelawney has entered into an asset purchase agreement to purchase confidential... 

Adroit Resources Inc. Adroit Accepts First Tranche of Financing to Fast Track Projects. Management is pleased to announce that the Company has received agreements for $1,327,237.00 for its up to $3,500,000 non brokered private placement announced in its February 1, 2011 news release and has accepted these agreements as a first tranche in order to fast... 

Zone Resources Inc. would like to announce that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement of up to 4,000,000 units at a price of $0.085 per unit for total proceeds of up to $340,000 subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Up to 4,000,000 units will be issued as non flow-through units consisting of one common share and one full warrant.... 

Cassius Ventures Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) to earn a 100% interest in certain mineral claims (the “Property”) held by Johan Thom Shearer. The Property, which consists of claims covering 4,212.71 hectares, is situated in the Alberni Mining Division of British... 