Eighteen months ago American Bonanza Gold (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) came to a crossroad. Should it continue to expand its resource at the past-producing Copperstone gold mine in Arizona or move the mine back i…
Step-out drilling in the North zone at Premier Gold Mines’ (PG-T, PIRGF-O) advanced-stage Hardrock project, near Geraldton, Ont., returned an intercept of 5.37 grams gold per tonne over 57.1 metres –…
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…
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…
SITE VISIT MARATHON, ONT. — Named after a paper mill company that created jobs and sparked a population boom about 65 years ago, Marathon is now a town dwindling in size with a hurting economy.Marathon Pulp shut suddenly last year putting…
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…
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…
Analysts are applauding Mega Uranium’s (MGA-T, MGAFF-O) decision to spin off its South American uranium assets to U3O8 Corp. (UWE-V).
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).
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…
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…
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.
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