Fortress Minerals banks on Russia with Svetloye project
Getting to Fortress Minerals’ (FST-V) flagship Svetloye property in the Russian Far East isn’t easy. Svetloye lies …
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Agnico-Eagle on track with Meadowbank for 2010 (October 16, 2008)
Gold-bearing Archean greenstone belts were first discovered in the Baker Lake area of what is now Nunavut in the …
New Nadina’s Monument project brings together Canadian diamond legends
Vancouver – It’s commonly said that the best place to look for a deposit is beside a mine. Well, New Nadina Explora…
Strain showing as markets continue to pummel miners
Vancouver – The strain that the global financial meltdown is placing on junior explorers becomes clearer every day….
Underworld finds more gold under Yukon’s surface
Results from three drill holes at Underworld Resources’ (UW-V) White Gold Property in the Yukon couldn’t bolster th…
Nevada Copper rises on results
Drill results from Nevada Copper’s (NCU-T) Pumpkin Hollow copper property in Nevada lit the fuse for its share’s st…
Severstal and Chalco cutting output (October 14, 2008)
Severstal, Russia’s largest steel maker, is slashing output in Russia, the U.S. and Europe by 25-30% amidst slowing…
Positive results for Stornoway’s Aviat diamond project
A conceptual study suggests that the Eastern Sheet Complex at Stornoway Diamond’s (SWY-T) Aviat project in eastern …
Intl. Beryllium acquires second metal fabricator
International Beryllium (IB-V) continues to expand in the beryllium fabrication marketplace. After signing a letter…
John Gartner gets top Geotechnical Society honours
Gartner Lee co-founder John Gartner has received the Canadian Geotechnical Society’s (CGS) most prestigious award, the Robert F. Legget Medal, for 2008.
U. S. MARKETS – SEPT. 30-OCT. 6
The U. S. government may have passed the US$700-billion bailout package into law on Friday, Oct. 3, but that hasn’t erased fears that it will take a long time to thaw frozen credit and get the economy…
Linear Metals expands Cobre Grande
Using assays from the last two reverse- circulation holes on its Cobre Grande copper project in Mexico, Linear Metals (LRM-t) has extended the El Oso mineralized zone to a strike length of 300 metres….