Franco-Nevada, the Canadian gold and energy royalty company sold to Newmont Mining Corp. in 2002, is set to rise again with an initial public offering aiming to raise more than $1-billion – by far the largest debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange this year.
Hoping to attract the millions of mining investment dollars that have come […]

Geoinformatics Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on its new Alaska gold-copper porphyry project, (the “Whistler Project”) which is located 161 km. northeast of Anchorage.
The initial drill holes of the 2007 drill program will be completed on the “Whistler Zone” totaling 3,000 metres of definition and in-fill drilling. Previously drilling by […]

U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, the U.S. Senate’s top lawmaker on energy policy, is aiming to unveil a bill later this month that would address what he describes as “the royalty mess down in the Gulf of Mexico.”
“I hope in the next week or two we’ll have some legislation to propose” regarding the royalty issue, the […]

AAA Energy Inc. (OTCBB: AAAE) has refocused its efforts in the natural resource arena on the premise of securing and developing a portfolio of oil and gas properties in new emerging markets. AAA Energy is poised and is positioning itself strategically in its first target market, the People’s Republic of China
AAA Energy Inc. will focus […]

Atomic Minerals Ltd. (”Atomic” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement in principle with 0754257 B.C. Ltd. (the “Target”) dated January 11, 2007 (the “Agreement”) to acquire all of the issued and outstanding securities of the Target (the “Proposed Acquisition”).
Atomic is a capital pool company and intends […]

Canyon Resources Corp. recently cemented deals with another Colorado gold-mining company, Newmont Mining Corp., to cut costs and add properties.
Canyon acquired the 3 percent net smelter return (NSR) royalty held by Newmont on Canyon’s Briggs Mine near Death Valley, Calif.
Net smelter return is the amount of money a smelter or refinery pays a […]