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Madalena Ventures to raise up to $6 mln through financings as Argentina development continues

Madalena Ventures (CVE:MVN) has made yet another announcement showing the oil and gas explorer's progress, this time saying it has secured financings for proceeds of up to $6 million. The news comes just two days after it announced it has hired a financial advisor to help with the farmout process for its Curamhuele block in Argentina and just a week after it extended the exploration period on the block by a year. 

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Valeant gains on raising $2 billion in stock offering

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (TSE:VRX), Canada’s largest drug-maker, advanced as much as 2 percent on Wednesday after saying it raised about $2 billion in an offering of common ...

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Why the Dow fell 206 points

U.S. investors hit the sell button the moment Fed chairman Bernanke said that the quantitative easing may slow down as early as this year, with the Dow ending the trading day down over 200 points. The Dow though is st...

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  • U.S. stocks skid lower after Bernanke's words sink in

    U.S. stocks plunged after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said quantitative easing may slow down as early as this year. Equities had initially climbed, tanked to session lows and recovered slightly, albeit still treading underwater, in a knee-jerk reaction after the Federal Reserve said it was standing by its monetary policy.

  • Global Cobalt’s Karakul project “a perfect storm”, says CEO

    The Karakul Cobalt Deposit, Global Cobalt’s flagship, is located in the Republic of Altai, part of the Russian Federation, sandwiched between China to the south and the edge of Siberia to the north. It is an area that Global Cobalt president and CEO Erin Chutter deems “a fascinating geological corner of the world."

  • Canada stocks slip ahead of Poloz maiden speech, U.S. Fed decision

    Canadian shares retreated in midday trading on Wednesday, snapping two days of gains, as investors awaited Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz’s first public speech since taking office and the outcome of the two-day meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve for signs about when it plans to taper stimulus measures.

  • FedEx Q4 profit drops 45% as customers opt for cheaper service

    FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX), the world's largest shipping airline, said profit in the fiscal fourth-quarter dropped 45 percent as customers shifted to cheaper delivery options and the company restructures parts of its business amid weak economic growth. Shares declined in premarket.

  • Lydian International to uncover Amulsar’s deep secrets

    This year’s drilling comes amid a busy period for Lydian as it pushes towards the development of the known deposit. It is working to complete an updated feasibility study, including a new mine layout, and that is on-track for completion early in the third quarter.

  • Fed meeting casts dark cloud on gold

    Even the whiff of a scaling back of stimulus measures had a chilling effect on the market for gold futures, sending the price of the yellow metal to week-long lows on the Comex today. Gold, which has already seen a bull run of more than a decade upended in the last few months, would lose its lustre even further in a market less afeared of inflationary threats.

  • Klondex Mines reports grades as high as 869 g/t gold from new area at Fire Creek, with upcoming resource to include latest results

    Klondex Mines (TSE:KDX) (OTCQX:KLNDF) has reported more drill results from its Fire Creek gold project in Nevada ahead of initial production projected for later this year, with such high grades in new, unexplored areas prompting the gold developer to delay its resource update. 

  • Tethys Petroleum confirms Tajik tie up with Total and China

    "We believe the Bokhtar PSC is a world class asset with enormous potential,” Tethys president Dr David Robson said.

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