November 17, 2011

Hathor’s board recommends Rio Tinto’s offer of Can$654 million

Hathor Exploration's (TSE:HAT) board recommends that shareholders accept Rio Tinto's (LON:RIO) all-cash offer of Can$654 million. Rio Tinto increased its all-cash offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares…

November 17, 2011

Scientists warn B.C. mining rush would harm Alaska and BC salmon, clean water

In a letter to British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, 36 scientists asked for her leadership to balance impending industrial development in northwest B.C. with the outstanding fish, wildlife and ecological…

November 17, 2011

Fission Energy Corp. completes $10 million bought deal private placement

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 17, 2011) - FISSION ENERGY CORP. (TSX VENTURE:FIS)(OTCQX:FSSIF) ("Fission" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated October 27,…

November 17, 2011

Conquest Reports Surface Gold Mineralization on Its Smith Lake Ontario Property

Conquest Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:CQR) is pleased to report encouraging assay results from surface channel samples obtained during its recent mapping and sampling trench excavation carried out at its 100%…

November 17, 2011

Lake Shore Gold Announces Large, High-Grade Initial Resource at Thunder Creek

Lake Shore Gold Corp. (TSX:LSG)(NYSE Amex:LSG) ("Lake Shore Gold" or the "Company") today announced the completion of an initial National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 resource estimate for the Company's wholly owned…

November 17, 2011

Aben drills significant new discovery of 60m of 1.19 g/t gold on Justin project, Yukon

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 17, 2011) - Aben Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ABN) (FRANKFURT:E2L) (the "Company") is pleased to announce it has made a significant new gold discovery in the…

November 17, 2011

Mercator Minerals announces $20 million non brokered financing

Mercator Minerals Ltd. ("Mercator" or the "Company") today announced that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement with purchasers to purchase 11,428,572 units ("Units") at a purchase price of $1.75…

November 17, 2011

Andover more than doubles land position at the Sun property located in the Ambler District, Alaska

Andover Ventures Inc. ("Andover" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AOX)(OTCBB:AOVTF)(FRANKFURT:R2X) is pleased to announce that the Company has more than doubled its land position at the Sun Property located in the…

November 16, 2011

Tory foreign policy review looks to China

the past week. The Obama Administration put the brakes on a major pipeline project that would carry Alberta oilsands crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast, and Harper responded that Canada…

November 16, 2011

Oil sands opponents ‘treacherous’ -Canada minister

In a sign of the strain the Canadian government is feeling over development of the tar sands, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Wednesday that opposition legislators who campaigned in…