Briefs

Noront Resources has completed the all-share acquisition of a 75 per cent interest in MacDonald Mines and its highly prospective Butler and Sanderson properties, increasing its holdings in the Ring of Fire region of Northern Ontario to 522 claim unit

Gowest Gold has signed a non-binding letter of intent with Pandion Mine Finance to fund the company's advanced exploration work at its 100 per cent-owned Bradshaw Gold deposit. The US$17.

Zenyatta Ventures, based in Thunder Bay, has been awarded $350,000 from the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program to support a metallurgical program designed to provide data for the start of a pre-feasibility st

Swiss company INEOS has purchased Calabrian Holdings Corp., which is building a liquid sulphur dioxide manufacturing plant in Timmins. INEOS announced on Aug. 2 it had acquired 100 per cent of the shares of Calabrian, which is headquartered in Texas.

Premier Gold Mines Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Yamana Gold’s Mercedes Mine in Mexico and signed option agreements with Kinross Gold and a Goldcorp subsidiary to earn an interest in two other projects.

Kirkland Lake Gold and Newmarket Gold Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement to merge the two companies. The combined company will have a market capitalization of approximately C$2.4 billion.

Wallbridge Mining Company has completed the purchase of the Fenelon Gold Mine on the Quebec side of the Detour Lake trend by making a final payment of $2,500,000.

The Sudbury branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) has earned the prestigious Mel W. Bartley Outstanding Branch Award.

Gowest Gold Ltd.

An Energy and Mines World Congress, scheduled for November 21-22 at the Hilton Toronto, will bring together an international audience of mining, renewables, government and finance experts.