July 31, 2012

Zimbabwe diamond company ups wages to end strike

The Marange diamond fields are home to controversy and a 25% wage increase.

July 31, 2012

Gold Royalties Corporation acquires Eagle Zone gold deposit royalty; Lynx Zone royalty for cash consideration of $9,000,000

Gold Royalties has acquired the Eagle Zone gold deposit royalty and a royalty on claims comprising the Lynx Zone project from an arm's length third-party vendor for cash consideration of…

July 31, 2012

Sennen board recommends shareholders reject Liberty’s hostile offer

The company, in regards to Liberty Silver's offer, unanimously recommends that Sennen Shareholders reject the Liberty offer and not tender their Sennen Shares.

July 30, 2012

Diavik spent $146.7 million on northern business in 2012

Diavik Diamond Mine touted the out-sized impact it has on the local economy in its 2012 mid year socio economic report.

July 30, 2012

Comstock metals enhances potential of QV property, White Gold district, Yukon with additional sampling. Rock samples return 16.15 and 7.4 g/t Gold, 62 m and 83 m West of Discovery trench

The additional rock samples returned results of 3.27, 16.15, and 7.71 g/t gold from below Trench QVTR12-6 to 62 m SW of Trench QVTR12-3.

July 30, 2012

North American Gem Inc. announces private placement

The company announced today that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement of up to 4,000,000 units at a price of $0.15 per unit, subject to the approval of the…

July 30, 2012

Stakeholder drills Ballarat gold property in White Gold district, Yukon

The drilling will test two strong gold-in-soil anomalies; the southern anomaly is defined with maximum values up to 796 parts per billion gold. It is expected that the drill program…

July 27, 2012

Nord’s HRG offer still too low

I fully expect the committee to come out and endorse the offer from Nord and to recommend HRG shareholders accept the offer in one of its forms the valuation to…

July 27, 2012

Rio Tinto in talks to sell Diavik diamond mine to Harry Winston

A deal between Rio Tinto and Toronto-based jeweller Harry Winston Diamond, which is looking to become the sole owner of the Diavik Mine, might be around the corner.

July 27, 2012

Gowest completes acquisition of 100% interest in additional mining claims contiguous to the North Timmins gold project

The company has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Tully East Guidoccio property contiguous to the Company's North Timmins Gold project.