Avalon upgrades Thor Lake
Avalon Rare Metals (AVL-T) has outlined enough resources to warrant going ahead with a prefeasibility study on…
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Paladin on top of mid-tier uranium producers
Paladin Energy (PDN-T) is building itself into one of the most significant mid-tier uraniu…
Profitability eludes Yukon-Nevada
Vancouver – The ongoing shutdown of its Jerritt Canyon mill in Nevada gouged into Yukon-Nevada’s (YNG-T…
Pre-feasibility for International Enexco’s Contact copper deposit
Despite “drastic changes” in the economy and copper prices, International Enexco’s (IEC-V) president and chief…
Vale, Union, Dig In Their Heels
The head of the United Steelworkers for Ontario and the Atlantic provinces says it could be four or five months before Vale (VALE-N) and the union representing striking workers in Sudbury and Port Col…
Chinese Miner Makes Hostile Bid For Canadian Royalties
China’s appetite for natural resources has turned aggressive with an unsolicited takeover bid for nickel development company Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O).
More Kimberlites For Peregrine At Chidliak
Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T, PGDIF-O) has found four more kimberlite bodies — three of them exposed at surface– on its 9,800-sq.-km Chidliak property on Baffin Island in Nunavut.
Thompson Creek Dusts Off Endako Plans
VANCOUVER — As the price of molybdenum shows ever stronger signs of life, Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) has emerged from cash conservation mode to put a major moly expansion project back on the…
Eldorado Sheds Uranium Project
VANCOUVER — Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-X) has divested its 50% interest in the Macusani East uranium project in southeastern Peru to joint-venture partner Solex Resources (SOX-V, SLXRF-O).
Capstone Reports Strong Q2 Production, Tougher Q3 Ahead
VANCOUVER — Despite lower grades milled at its Minto mine, Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) managed to hold fast on copper production in the second quarter of 2009 even as it came off record copper pr…
Nevsun Gets US$235M Credit Approvals For Bisha
VANCOUVER — Nevsun Resources (NSU-T, NSU-X) appears to have cleared a major hurdle on the way to financing the Bisha poly-metallic project in Eritrea. Nevsun says lenders have given it all necessary …
Keegan Jumps On Deep Gold At Esaase
VANCOUVER– The first four holes of the 2009 program at Keegan Resources’ (KGN-T, KGN-X) Esaase project in southwestern Ghana all hit strong gold mineralization below the defined resource and the news…