June 20, 2012 Focus identifies disseminated silver target at Mexico’s Don Blas Focus Ventures Ltd. (TSXV: FCV) is pleased to announce encouraging results from surface sampling at the Don Blas target located on its Santa Cruz property, Durango, Mexico. The results of…
June 20, 2012 Baja Mining has 45 days to come up with money for Boleo Besieged Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ) added another 14% on Wednesday following good gains the day before to trade at $0.205 after announcing it had negotiated a 45-day standstill agreement with lenders…
June 20, 2012 When being the richest miner is not enough: become the largest holder of mineral rights in Brazil The world’s richest mining entrepreneur and wealthiest man in Brazil, Eike Batista, is now also the largest holder of mineral rights in the South American iron ore-rich area of Mato…
June 20, 2012 Brazil’s rejects iron tax but that isn’t the problem Brazil's lower house mining and energy commission has rejected 10% export tax on all iron ore exported by local miners, but Standard & Poor warns permitting and infrastructure issues are…
June 20, 2012 Anglo and Codelco’s bitter dispute over copper assets in Chile may end this Friday London-based Anglo American (LSE:AAL) and Chile's state-owned Codelco have set this Friday as the deadline to resolve a dispute over billions of dollars in copper assets.
June 19, 2012 Panoro Minerals Ltd. announces approval of environmental impact assessment (EIAsd) for expanded exploration program at Cotabambas copper/gold project, Peru Panoro's gold-copper project in Peru has been given final approval to go ahead with a $15 million exploratory drilling program.
June 18, 2012 Major shareholder sues Baja Mining over ballooning costs, management Baja says it "intends to defend this action vigorously."
June 18, 2012 Crystallex obtains a court order to delay its annual meeting and announces the dismissal of the appeal of its DIP financing TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 18, 2012) - Crystallex International Corporation (OTCBB:CRYFQ) ("Crystallex" or the "Company") announced today that it has obtained a court order which allows it to delay holding…
June 18, 2012 Yamana Gold to acquire Extorre for $400 million, aiming for 18% dividend boost Canadian Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI) (NYSE:AUY)(LSE:YAU) announced a $400 million acquisition Monday of Argentina-focused junior miner Extorre Gold Mines (AMEX:XG) (TSX:XG), which has an appealing gold-silver project in the South…
June 17, 2012 End of the supercycle is also spelling the end of radical resource nationalism "Natural resources companies with a pipeline of, say, five projects in five different countries are now likely to build just two or three of those. Thus, executives have the power…
B2Gold’s Johnson channels global experience B2Gold ends the year after seamlessly pivoting from launching Canada’s newest Arctic gold mine to complex talks in strife-torn Africa. December 26, 2025 | 06:50 am
