RE: Long halt for no news! We do have news, great news if it is true. I haven't seen anything negative or saying it isn't.
The second most active stock on the TSX Venture was Samaranta Mining Corp. (TSX: V.SAX, Stock Forum). It soared 75% and was trading at $0.035 after 2.9 million shares changed hands.
Samaranta halted trading pending news, however Samarium Group Holding Ltd., a strategic investment firm, beat them to the punch line after announcing it will commence a tender offer to purchase not less than 51% of the issued and outstanding public shares of the resource exploration company at a price of $ 0.1200 per share.
Read more at https://www.stockhouse.com/community-news/2013/feb/19/samaranta-mining-soars-75--on-financial-news--cana.aspx#tJYrXrZL2WXEMv8r.99