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First Point shares up 105% so far in 2012 The junior mining sector is off to a fantastic start in 2012 and few companies have seen their share price rise as much as First Point Minerals (FPX-V). The company's shares are up 105% since Dec. 30, climbing from a near-52-week low of... [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Headline News Date: 2012-02-03 16:36:12

Salazar gains on Lundin's investment Salazar Resources (SRL-V) climbed 18% on news that Lundin Mining (LUN-T) acquired a 15.4% stake in the company by buying over 80% of Salazar's $3-million private placement, consisting of 6 million units priced at 50¢ apiece. [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Headline News Date: 2012-02-03 16:36:11

Malaysia gives Lynas temporary licence Shares of Lynas Corp. (LYC-A, LYSDY-O) closed 19% higher at A$1.59 on the Australian Stock Exchange following news that, after a year of delay, Malaysia has approved a temporary operating licence for the rare earth separation plant the company... [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Headline News Date: 2012-02-03 16:36:11

Orezone turns asset to cash in Burkina Being in a gold rich company before the rest of the world gets turned on to it can pay some handsome dividends as Orezone Gold (ORE-T) is proving in Burkina Faso. [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Headline News Date: 2012-02-03 16:36:10

Latin American Minerals clarifies and bounces back A day after protests forced the cancellation of the grand opening of its newly minted Independencia Mine (which sits on its Paso Yobai gold project), Latin American Minerals (LAT-V) clarified the situation and recaptured the market cap it lost... [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Headline News Date: 2012-02-02 21:06:23

Elgin bid for Gold-Ore creates new Arctic gold producer With gold equities having underperformed for more than a year despite the gold price hitting a series of new all-time highs, many analysts have predicted a fresh wave of M&A activity for the gold sector in 2012, arguing it represents one of... [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Headline News Date: 2012-02-02 21:06:22

Glencore, Xstrata in merger talks Glencore (GLEN-L), the world's largest publicly listed commodities trader, is looking to combine with diversified miner, Xstrata (XTA-L), in a possible "all-share merger of equals" which will see the combined entity dominate the global markets... [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Headline News Date: 2012-02-02 21:06:21

Great Western to reap Chinese expertise Over the last month Great Western Minerals (GWG-T) has completed a joint-venture with the Chinese to build a rare earth separation plant near its Steenkampskraal mine in South Africa, about 350 km north of Capetown, and successfully carried out... [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Headline News Date: 2012-02-02 21:06:21

The shine is back on uranium stocks Korea Electric Power Corporation is taking a 13.9% stake in Strathmore Minerals (STM-T) in a deal that will also give the Korean energy giant off-take rights to a portion of the uranium junior's future production. [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Headline News Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:10

Hudson River gains 189% on Wawa gold Shares of Ontario-focused explorer Hudson River Minerals (HRM-V) surged on assays from its recent drill program at the Forge Lake gold property, near Wawa, Ont.  [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:09

Exchange rates CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:08

TSX short positions Short positions outstanding at Jan. 15/12 (with changes from Dec. 31/11). [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:07

TSX Venture positions Short positions outstanding at Jan. 15/12 (with changes from Dec. 31/11). [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:07

Canadian gold mutual funds Fund name Jan.30 Jan. 23 Change Change YTD MER* Assets* [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:06

North American stock exchange indices Date Jan 30 Jan 27 Jan 26 Jan 25 Jan 24 High Low [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:06

Daily metal prices Date Jan 30 Jan 27 Jan 26 Jan 25 Jan 24 [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:05

LME warehouse levels Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Jan. 30, 2012 (change from Jan. 23 in brackets): [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:04

Producer and dealer prices Antimony: Mid-mkt US$12,250.00/t [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:04

Spot prices Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:03

Rex Murphy gives pep talk at Roundup The 29th annual Association for Mineral Exploration BC Roundup conference wrapped up in Vancouver with a record 8,320 delegates in attendance. [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:02

Market news Toronto Stock Exchange [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:02

Premier Clark promises certainty, efficiency in BC British Columbia Premier Christy Clark highlighted a reduced permitting backlog and improved conditions for the mineral industry at AME BC's Jan. 25 Roundup luncheon. [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:01

Editorial: Another death at Vale's Sudbury mines The month of January closed out with Vale having temporarily halted all underground mining at its five nickel mines in Sudbury, Ont., following the death of a miner at the Coleman mine on Jan. 29.  [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:00

Commentary: Integrating geophysics and geology There always has been, and still is, a problem integrating geophysics into geology. [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:08:00

Calibre and B2Gold hit long gold intercepts in Nicaragua Calibre Mining's (CXB-V) share price jumped to 50¢ from 19¢ with 42.5 million shares traded over two days after it announced three long gold-copper intercepts from its Primavera prospect in northeastern Nicaragua. B2 Gold (BTO-T)... [Full Story] Category: News Newspaper: Northern Miner Region: Northern Canada Feed: Print Edition Date: 2012-02-02 13:07:59

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