‘Gold’

A northern BC miner has hit the proverbial jackpot. Steve Murphy, a 52-year-old mine manager at Chieftain Metals, won $16.6 million on the Lotto Max draw last week Full story

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Lake Shore Gold, an aspiring Canadian mid-tier gold producer, has joined forces with Franco-Nevada Corporation in a $50 million royalty and equity agreement. Both companies are listed on the Toronto and New York exchanges. Full story

Newmont Mining Corp. Full story

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A new resource will likely lead to greater reserves, already at 38.5 million ounces gold, and could improve project economics, Seabridge says. Full story

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Feb. 8, 2012) -   Silvercorp Metals Inc.  (“Silvercorp” or the “Company”) (TSX:SVM)(NYSE:SVM) today reported its unaudited financial and operating results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2011 (“Q3 2012″). Full story

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, Feb 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — San Gold Corporation  CA:SGR -2.21% (otcqx:SGRCF) today announced the results of drilling in the 84 Vein of the Rice Lake Mining Complex in Manitoba, Canada. Full story

Wednesday market sentiment was jittered by the never-ending Greek debt negotiations story. Main indices recovered some of the ground lost earlier in the morning but some of them were still low in the afternoon session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 17.98 points or -0.14% to 12,860; the Nasdaq Index recovered and marched into green territory scoring a 2.06-point gain or +0.07% to ... Full story

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