Posts Tagged ‘vancouver’

CNBC’s Mark Koba on Thursday has a critical look at US presidential candidate Ron Paul’s ideal world – one without a Federal Reserve and a return to the gold standard. Paul who belongs to the libertarian wing of the Republican party, has published two tomes on the topic – End The Fed and The Case for Gold . Koba writes tying the US dollar’s ... Full story

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Feb. 2, 2012) -   Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX:III)  reports a tonnage increase of 103% in the Measured and Indicated Resource at its Red Chris copper/gold deposit. The 2012 Technical Report (1)  (“2012 Report”) includes assay results from 62 diamond drill holes totalling over 69 thousand metres completed since the May 2010 resource update Full story

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – Feb. 2, 2012) -   Antioquia Gold Inc. (“Antioquia Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:AGD)(OTCQX:AGDFX)  reports that the Company continues to expand the size of the Guaico deposit by extending the mineralization of the main Guaico vein to depth and delineating and finding new gold-bearing veins in the footwall and hanging wall of the main Guaico vein. Full story

WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA–(Marketwire – Jan. 31, 2012) -  Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (NYSE Amex:PZG)(TSX:PZG)(FRANKFURT:P6G)(WKN:A0HGKQ) (“Paramount”) today reported new assay results from ongoing core drilling at its 100%-owned San Miguel Project in Mexico. Full story

On the last day of Roundup, Vancouver’s mining showcase, Sandy Chim CEO of Canada’s Century Iron Mines , flashed a few slides about China, India and the iron ore market over the last decade that would make gold bugs green with envy. BHP, Vale and Rio Tinto control nearly 70% of the 1 billion tonne annual iron ore seaborne trade and pretty much all ... Full story

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA and JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA–(Marketwire – Jan. 25, 2012) - Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (TSX:PTM)(NYSE Amex:PLG) (“Platinum Group” or the “Company”) announces the publication of the Company’s financial results for the three months ending November 30, 2011 Full story

World number three miner Rio Tinto has taken a majority stake in Ivanhoe Mines, its partner on the Mongolian Oyu Tolgoi project, purchasing a 51% interest. The move comes after Ivanhoe scrapped a controversial “poison pill” shareholder provision clearing the way for Rio, which already owned 49% of the Vancouver-based company, to do a complete takeover. Rio paid $20/share for the additional 2%. Full story

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Jan. 20, 2012) -  B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO)(OTCQX:BGLPF)(PINKSHEETS:BGLPF) (“B2Gold” or the “Company”) and Calibre Mining Corp. Full story

The Globe & Mail reports Ivanhoe Mines, building Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi, will scrap a controversial “poison pill” shareholder provision that clears the way for Rio Tinto, which already owns 49% of the Vancouver-based company, to do a complete takeover. According to calculations by Credit Suisse, reported by the Globe & Mail the poison pill plan would have required $73 billion of funding from shareholders ... Full story

CB Gold was up 4.24% to $1.23 a share on Wednesday after announcing drilling results at its Vetas Gold project in Colombia. The company reported 16.87m at 17.07 G/T Au and 10.48m at 2.31 G/T Au extending at the new mineralized zone at Real Minera, part of the Vetas Gold project. Full results are here . Full story