American Mining Corporation Signs LOI to Form Production Joint Venture on Terra Gold Project, Alaska

March 11, 2010 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Precious Metal  
American Mining Corporation Signs LOI to Form Production Joint Venture on Terra Gold Project, Alaska

American Mining Corporation announce that it has signed a binding letter of intent to enter into a joint venture with International Tower Hill Mines Ltd., in respect of ITH’s high grade Terra Gold Project in Alaska. Pursuant to the letter of intent, Terra Gold Corp. (“Terra”), an Alaskan subsidiary of AMC and Raven Gold Alaska Inc. (“Raven”), a subsidiary of ITH, will form a joint venture... 

B.C. Provincial Government halts mineral exploration in Flathead Valley

February 10, 2010 Filed Under: Mining Services  
B.C. Provincial Government halts mineral exploration in Flathead Valley

Max Resource Corp. has learned that the Government of British Columbia intends to halt all ongoing mineral exploration work and prohibit any future mine development in the Flathead Valley in Southeastern B.C. In his Throne Speech of February 9, 2010, which outlines the B.C. Government’s legislative agenda for the upcoming session, BC Lieutenant-Governor Steven L. Point announced that the Province... 

Alexis Completes Offer for Garson Gold Corp.

January 19, 2010 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  
Alexis Completes Offer for Garson Gold Corp.

ALEXIS MINERALS CORPORATION announces that its bid to acquire Garson Gold Corp. has now resulted in over 90% of Garson shares being tendered to the Offer. This result confirms that Garson Gold shareholders are overwhelmingly in favour of the acquisition and the opportunity now present for growth in the value of the combined assets. The acquisition of Garson Gold gives Alexis a third project area located... 

Luna Gold announces the completion of a US$15 million project debt facility

January 18, 2010 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  
Luna Gold announces the completion of a US$15 million project debt facility

Luna Gold Corp. announce that it has completed the two-tranche, senior secured, project debt facility (the “Facility”) in the amount of up to US$15 million with RMB Resources Inc, the offer of which was previously announced on October 15, 2009. Tranche 1 is in the amount of US$7.5 million and is available for the completion of the Aurizona project. Tranche 2 is in the amount of a further... 

Closing Financing of $9 Million and Listing of Candente Gold Corp.

December 31, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  
 Closing Financing of $9 Million and Listing of Candente Gold Corp.

Candente Resource Corp. and Candente Gold Corp. has announce the closing on December 30th of three tranches totalling $9,028,130 in the previously announced private placement offering of common shares of Candente Gold (the “Financing”). Exploration will commence in January on the El Oro property in Mexico. A program of underground drifting and drilling will target extensions to high-grade... 

Vista Gold Corp. Announces Joint Venture Agreement for Awak Mas Gold Project in Indonesia

December 28, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Precious Metal  
Vista Gold Corp. Announces Joint Venture Agreement for Awak Mas Gold Project in Indonesia

Vista Gold Corp. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vista Gold (Barbados) Corp., has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Pan Asia Resources Corporation (“Pan Asia”) with respect to the development of the Awak Mas gold project in Indonesia. The Joint Venture Agreement provides Pan Asia, a privately held resource development company, with the opportunity to earn a 60% interest... 

Goldcorp Has the Right to Match Competing Proposal to Acquire Canplats Resources

December 23, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Goldcorp Has the Right to Match Competing Proposal to Acquire Canplats Resources

Goldcorp Inc. announced that it has received a notice from Canplats Resources Corporation that Minera Penmont S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Penmont”) has made a proposal to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Canplats (the “Penmont Proposal”) for cash consideration of $4.20 per share plus shares of a newly-formed company which will hold Canplats’ exploration properties... 

Silver Shield Further Increases Exposure to Gold in West Timmins Area

December 22, 2009 Filed Under: Precious Metal  
Silver Shield Further Increases Exposure to Gold in West Timmins Area

Silver Shield Resources announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent, to enter into an Option and Joint Venture located in what continues to be Canada’s hottest Gold exploration play, the West Timmins Area. The Company and a private company, Mhakari Gold, will each acquire 50% of four groups of strategically located mining claims, totalling 17 mining claim units, from an individual, and carry... 

Southern Trust Securities Announces Formation of Metals Trading Group

December 18, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  
Southern Trust Securities Announces Formation of Metals Trading Group

Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp. (“STSHC”) (OTC Bulletin Board: SOHL), a financial services company offering broker-dealer, investment banking, investment advisory and wealth management services, announced today that it has formed Southern Trust Metals, Inc. (“STM”). STM was formed to capitalize on the investor interest in the trading of precious metals such as gold,... 

CBR Gold Corp Closes $2.3M Private Placement

December 13, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks  
CBR Gold Corp Closes $2.3M Private Placement

CBR Gold Corp. announced that it has closed a non-brokered private placement of 4,597,000 units of the Corporation (each a “Unit”) at a price of $0.50 per Unit for gross proceeds of $2,298,500. Each Unit consisted of one common share of CBR (“Common Share”) and one non-transferable share purchase warrant (“Warrant”) entitling the holder to acquire one additional...