Full year production came in enticingly close to the magic one million ounces per annum level, hitting a record 987,609 ounces of gold.  Full year net income benefited from the company's strong production growth profile

Agnico-Eagle expects to complete at least 50,000ft of drilling at West Pequop, during the 2010 program

Agnico-Eagle Mines is set to purchase the remaining 87% that it doesn’t yet own in Comaplex Mining for C$570 million to take control of the Meliadine gold property

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."

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.

Avrupa Minerals (CVE:AVU) says it has agreed to option out its Arga tungsten-gold project to tungsten explorer Blackheath Resources (CVE:BHR), giving Blackheath the option to acquire up to an 85 per cent interest in the property over several years. 

Shares of Largo Resources (CVE:LGO) were on the rise Thursday after the company said that construction was still progressing on plan at its Maracás vanadium project in Brazil, with the property on schedule and within budget to start commissioning at the end of the fourth quarter. 

Selwyn Resources (CVE:SWN) has unveiled an updated and improved preliminary economics report for its ScoZinc mine in Nova Scotia, which it is focused on restarting after earlier this month completing the sale of its second project in the Yukon.