Rathdowney Resources (CVE:RTH) unveiled Tuesday new results from core drilling on the Chechlo concession at its Project Olza in southern Poland, seeing zinc, lead and silver mineralization of "significant grades and thicknesses". 

Rathdowney Resources (CVE:RTH) says that it has returned what it calls "excellent results" from a preliminary metallurgical test program on its Olza project in Poland, with the results having exceeded expectations. 

Dundee Securities issued earlier this week a report on the zinc market, believing that zinc mine shutdowns and structural issues in the mining industry support a shift upward in the metal's price levels. It started coverage on several early stage zinc plays, and highlighted its top picks in terms of producers.

Vancouver-based Rathdowney Resources (CVE:RTH) says it has optioned out 31 of its prospecting licenses in the Irish Midlands zinc-lead district to Teck Resources' (TSE:TCK.B) Irish subsidiary. 

Rathdowney Resources (CVE:RTH) says it has been granted a third exploration concession in Poland, expanding its Olza zinc-lead property that now covers some 150 square kilometres in the prolific Upper Silesian Mineral District. 

Canadian shares dropped on Thursday, ending a four-day winning streak, as the manufacturing industry in China, the largest importer of Canadian commodities, unexpectedly shrank. The benchmark Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index (TSE:OSPTX) declined 0.6 percent to 12,676.17 at 12:29 p.m. in Toronto on Thursday. Two shares declined for every stock that gained. 

BRP plans to sell 12.2 million shares for C$21.50 each, the Valcourt, Quebec-based company said in a statement on Wednesday. Based on that price, the company’s market capitalization will be about C$2.5-billion. The IPO is Canada's largest since Hudson's Bay Co. (TSE:HBC), the country's oldest company, raised $365 million in November. 

Treasury Metals (TSE:TML) has unveiled additional drill results from its Goliath gold project in northwestern Ontario, with results showing near-surface intersections as high as 4.18 grams per tonne (g/t) gold. 

Largo Resources (CVE:LGO) is on path to becoming the lowest cost producer of vanadium in the world from a primary source, according to CEO Mark Brennan, with the company's Maracás project in Brazil on pace for commissioning in the fourth quarter.