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
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA — (Marketwire) — 09/06/12 — PolyMet Mining Corp. (TSX: POM)(NYSE MKT: PLM) ("PolyMet" or the "Company") today reported that it has filed its financial results for the three months ended July 31, 2012. PolyMet controls 100% of the development-stage NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore-body and the nearby Erie Plant, located near Hoyt Lakes in the established mining district of the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota.The financial statemen
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/06/12 — 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 launched a follow-on offering (the "Offering") of transferable, redeemable units of the Trust ("Units").The Trust will use the net proceeds of the Offering to acquire physical gold bullion i
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/06/12 — Greenock Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GKR) ("Greenock") announces at the September 6, 2012 Annual Meeting, Michael Newbury, James Hershaw, Horst Helbig, Scott Sutherland and Leanna Falkiner were approved as Directors. Michael Newbury will continue as Chief Executive Officer and President. James Hershaw will continue as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President.Greenock acknowledges with appreciation the past contributions of the former
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