Riverstone Samples Gold At Nami In Burkina Faso
VANCOUVER — The latest sampling results at Riverstone Resources’ (RVS-V) Karma project in Burkina Faso have returned encouraging grades as the company heads into a formal drilling program in the area…
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Base Metals And ‘Mineral Deposits That Matter’
VANCOUVER — Tough economic times and reduced access to capital will force companies to narrow their exploration efforts on “best-of-breed” mineral deposits, commodity experts told delegates at Roundup 2010, a recent conference sponsored by the…
Labrador Iron Mines Gets Provincial OK
VANCOUVER — Labrador Iron Mines Holding’s (LIM-T) is well on its way to opening a direct-shipping iron ore (DSO) mine near Schefferville, Que., Newfoundland and Labrador, The provincial cabinet has now given the project final environmental…
Iron Ore Prices To Rise, Even As China Curbs Liquidity: BHP
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BBL-L) chief Marius Kloppers told Australian Broadcasting Corp.’s “Inside Business” program in an interview on Feb. 12 that rebounding demand from China is likely to push up bench…
U3O8 Corp. To Acquire Mega Uranium’s South American Assets
Analysts are applauding Mega Uranium’s (MGA-T, MGAFF-O) decision to spin off its South American uranium assets to U3O8 Corp. (UWE-V).
Silverjack Shows Potential For Slam Exploration
VANCOUVER — A 20-hole drill program at the Silverjack project in New Brunswick has started to delineate a well-mineralized silver-copper- zinc-lead zone for owner Slam Exploration (SXL-V).
Coal And Copper Boost BC
Mining has been an integral part of British Columbia’s economy for more than 150 years. The industry was a strong performer again in 2009 with value of solid mineral production of about $5.7 billion from eight metal mines, nine coal mines and…
White Gold District Lures Juniors
With the price of gold breaking the US$1,000-per-oz. mark, and the gradual upward trend of gold prices since April last year, the search for new gold targets in Yukon became an increasingly attractive activity during the 2009 exploration…
Gold Keeps Ontario Aloft
Ontario is a world-ranked producer of many minerals, with a rich mining history spanning more than a century. Over that time, total metal production in the province has exceeded $363 billion from, among other commodities, 10 million tonnes of…
Bright Spots In Gold, Base Metals, Despite The Downturn
Like most sectors of the global economy, Manitoba’s mining industry was negatively affected by the economic downturn that gripped the world in the latter half of 2008 and in 2009. After experiencing u…
Gold, Rare Earth Projects Prove Resilient
As of February 2010, diamond drills are being mobilized and dormant projects are being revived. This is markedly different from the start of 2009, when the global economic downturn battered exploratio…
Staking Intensifies For Potash, Lithium
At the end of last year, 100,000 sq. km had been staked for industrial and metallic minerals exploration in Alberta –about 24,000 sq. km of that during 2009.