TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/07/12 — Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the "Trust") (NYSE: PHYS)(TSX: PHY.U), a trust created to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical gold bullion and managed by Sprott Asset Management LP, announced today that it has priced its follow-on offering of 23,000,000 transferable, redeemable units of the Trust ("Units") at a price of US$14.84 per unit (the "Offering"). As part of the Offering, the Trust has gra
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/07/12 — WestKam Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: WKG) (the "Company") is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement consisting of up to 11,750,000 units for aggregate proceeds of up to $1,762,500. The Company will offer up to 6,750,000 flow-through units and up to 5,000,000 units at $0.15 per unit. The flow-through units will be offered at $0.15 and consist of one flow-through common share and one common share purchase warrant exer
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA — (Marketwire) — 09/07/12 — Paladin Energy Ltd. (TSX: PDN)(ASX: PDN) (Paladin or the Company) is pleased to announce that the finalisation and registration of the security documentation supporting the previously announced US$200M prepayment (see Paladin released dated 15 August 2012) has now been completed.The prepayment will be made in tranches to be completed by no later than 31 January 2013.ACN 061 681 098Contacts: In Australia: Paladin Energy Ltd John Borshoff M
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/07/12 — Canaco Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CAN) ("Canaco" or the "Company") announces it has received an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) certificate from the Tanzanian government for the Company-s 100-square kilometre Handeni property in Tanzania, including the Magambazi project area. This achievement is the culmination of a two-year process involving environmental studies, ministerial reviews and public hearings.Can
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/06/12 — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX: FM)(LSE: FQM) today announced that it has acquired ownership of an aggregate of 15,000,000 common shares ("Common Shares") in the capital of Empire Mining Corporation ("Empire") by way of a private placement (the "Private Placement") undertaken in reliance upon the minimum amount exemption available under applicable Ca
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/06/12 — New Klondike Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: NK) ("New Klondike" or the "Company") announces that it has accepted the resignation of Mr. Peter George as a Director of the Company. Mr. George has been a member of the Board since 2009 and the Board wishes to express sincere thanks to him for his many contributions in helping to reorient the Company as a Canadian focussed explorer, since that time. He has advised the Company that
WATERDOWN, ONTARIO and COEUR D-ALENE, IDAHO — (Marketwire) — 09/06/12 — Opta Minerals Inc. ("Opta Minerals") (TSX: OPM) and WGI Heavy Minerals, Incorporated ("WGI") (TSX: WG) jointly announced today that, in connection with the take-up by Opta Minerals of approximately 94% of the outstanding common shares of WGI pursuant to its take-over bid offer for all of the outstanding shares of WGI, Gordon Fear, Robert Ackerman, Gregory Emerson, Patrick Hodgson and Richard Stoneman
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/06/12 — BonTerra Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BTR) (FRANKFURT: 9BR) (the "Company" or "BonTerra") is pleased to announce it intends to undertake a brokered private placement financing of up to $1,000,000 (the "Private Placement").The Private Placement consists of the issuance of up to 5,454,545 flow-through units of the Company (each, a "FT Unit"), at $0.11 per FT Unit for proceeds of $600,000, with each
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/06/12 — Lumina Copper Corp. (TSX VENTURE: LCC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Corriente Argentina S.A., an additional mineral concession in Argentina in close proximity to its Taca Taca project from private individuals, in consideration for approximately US$150,000 and the issuance of 1,917 common shares of the Company. The acquisition is expected to take pla
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/06/12 — Silvercorp Metals Inc. ("Silvercorp" or the "Company") (TSX: SVM)(NYSE: SVM) today announced that its annual general meeting originally scheduled for September 21, 2012 has been rescheduled to 10:00 am Pacific Time on Friday, September 28, 2012 in the Oceanview Suites 1 & 2 of the Pan Pacific Hotel, 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 3B5.In addition to previous corporate matters set out in