Virginia Mines Inc.

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Feb 3, 2014) - Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") (TSX:VGQ) is very pleased to announce the conclusion of an agreement with three Quebec institutional funds including SODÉMEX Développement, Limited Partnership ("SODEMEX") (a subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec), the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.) jointly with the Fonds regional Nord-du-Québec (the "Fonds") and SIDEX Limited Partnership ("SIDEX"), to finance a $28M accelerated exploration program on the Coulon project. Virginia first transferred all interests it held in the Coulon project in favour of a ne... [...]

Virginia announces that it has negotiated a private placement that consists of 333,334 flow-through common shares at a price of $21.00 per share, which represents a 70% premium to the 20-day volume weighted average trading price of the common shares of Virginia on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the period ended January 23, 2014, for gross proceeds of CA$7,000,014. Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. has been appointed as [...]

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Jan 23, 2014) - Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") (TSX:VGQ) is pleased to provide an update on the latest developments of the Éléonore gold project. As announced in Goldcorp Inc.'s ("Goldcorp") January 8, 2014 press release, construction continues on schedule with first gold production on track for the fourth quarter of 2014. Gold production is expected to be between 40,000 and 60,000 ounces in 2014. The overall surface construction has now reached 69%. The beginning of operations at Éléonore will be a very important milestone in Virginia's history. It is to be noted that Virginia owns a 2.2% royalty on the first 3 million ounces of gold produced at the Éléonore mine. This royalty will incr... [...]

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Jan 15, 2014) - Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") (TSX:VGQ) announces that on this January 15, 2014, it granted a total of 165,250 stock options to its directors, officers, employees and some service providers. Each stock option allows the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Corporation for a price of $12.81, which price is higher than the market price at the close of [...]

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Dec 23, 2013) - Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") (TSX:VGQ) announces that it has subscribed by way of private placement for 555,556 units of TerraX at a price of $0.45 per unit for gross proceeds of $250,002. Each unit consists of one (1) common share of TerraX and one half of one (1/2) share purchase warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder to purchase one (1) common share [...]

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Nov 5, 2013) - Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") (TSX:VGQ) is pleased to give an update on the results of the exploration campaigns carried out in the summer and fall of 2013 on its projects located in the James Bay region. ANATACAU- WABAMISK Virginia conducted surface exploration that included prospecting, mechanical stripping and geological mapping on its Anatacau-Wabamisk [...]

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Jul 30, 2013) - Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") (TSX:VGQ) announces that on July 29, 2013, it granted a total of 168,250 stock options to its directors, officers, employees and some service providers. Each stock option allows the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Corporation for a price of $9.73, which price is higher than the market price at the close of business [...]

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Jul 9, 2013) - Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") (TSX:VGQ) is pleased to announce the signing of a strategic alliance with Altius Minerals Corp. (TSX:ALS) ("Altius") whereby Virginia and Altius will cooperate to explore geological settings favourable for different types of mineralization in the Labrador Trough. This strategic alliance merges two project generation teams that have [...]

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 06/06/13 -- Mines Virginia Inc. ("Virginia") (TSX: VGQ) wishes to inform its shareholders and the financing community that several exploration programs are currently in progress or will begin shortly on different projects all located in Quebec.

Including work of $5.5 million already completed in the winter and spring of 2013, Virginia will have spent, either alone or with [...]

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 05/09/13 -- Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") (TSX: VGQ) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with TerraX Minerals Inc. ("TerraX") pursuant to which it has the option to purchase, in consideration for an amount of $2,000,000, a 2% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on the Northbelt property located in the area of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories [...]