Resources & Agriculture

The BC Securities Commission (BCSC) has cease traded Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. for its failure to file a completed technical report supporting the company’s disclosure of a massive gold resource at its Cow Mountain deposit.

Petro-land sales drop as energy companies cut costs

Energy

Mergers and acquistions down in 2012, as low valuations discourage juniors from selling

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada this morning granted a trading halt – "pending news" – to Barkerville Gold Mine Ltd., a Vancouver mining company that has hit the headlines over its huge gold resources estimates.

Vancouver-based Corazon Gold Corp. (TSX-V:CGW) has signed an agreement to acquire Vancouver-based ICN Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ICN), the companies have announced.

B.C.'s prospectors and junior explorers have been grappling with tough economic conditions in the second quarter of 2012, according to the Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC).

Haida Enterprise Corporation (HaiCo) has added another business to its growing suite of enterprises: seafood processing. HaiCo announced Wednesday it has acquired Seapak QCI Processing Ltd. in Massett.

Two B.C. companies are getting close to $150,000 each from Ottawa and Victoria to help them develop technologies to turn agricultural waste into energy. Diacarbon Energy Inc. will receive $142,575 under the Canada-B.C.

Vancouver’s Western Wind Energy Corp.