Year: 2012

Mexico Needs a Venture Capital Industry

The emergence of a large entrepreneurial community is essential for the development and growth of any country. For there to be a sizable number of new enterprises and for these to grow and thrive; they need funding, and this funding usually comes from venture capital (VC). In the U.S., large, venture-backed companies — Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Google, Medtronic — are major parts of the economic landscape. A recent study by the National Venture Capital Association and HIS Global Insight estimates that 11% of U.S. jobs were created by VC-backed companies.

Teck Resources Q3 Profit Declines On Lower Revenues

Canadian mining company Teck Resources Ltd. (TCK: Quote, TCK_A.TO, TCK_B.TO) Wednesday released the financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2012, reporting a sharp decline in profit on lower revenues.

Oroco Resources Corp : October 22 2012 Xochipala Amparo Filed

Oroco Resource Corp. announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Minera Xochipala S.A. de C.V. has been served with notice of an “amparo” petition seeking to overturn the registration to MX by the Mexican Public Registry of Mining of an interest in the Celia Gene and Celia Generosa mineral concessions located in Guerrero State, Mexico. The registration process in question began with an application by MX in March, 2008 to the PRM for registration of its 2007 acquisition of the Xochipala Concessions, including the interest purchased from the estate of a Mexican citizen, Hector Camacho (the “Camacho Estate”), which constituted fifty percent (50%) of the Celia Gene concession and all (100%) of the Celia Generosa concession.

Lincoln Mining Updates Private Placement

Lincoln Mining Corporation, TSX-V: LMG announces that further to its news release of September 26, 2012, the Company plans to increase its non-brokered private placement to up to 6,000,000 shares at a price of $0.05 per share for total proceeds of up to $300,000.

Capstone Reports Board Change

Capstone Mining Corp. today announced that Korea Resources Corporation’s (“KORES”) representative on Capstone’s board of directors has changed. Pursuant to formation of the strategic partnership for the development of the Santo Domingo project and Shareholders Agreement for the project between Capstone and KORES dated June 17, 2011, KORES is entitled to appoint one representative to Capstone’s board.

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