Junior sector weakens with falling gold price
Junior mining stocks continued to show no signs of a turnaround as metal prices remained weak during the shortened trading period May 17-20. A strengthening U.S. economy and greenback are largely resp…
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Editorial: Nunavut wants it all, now
While Nunavut, Canada’s third and easternmost Arctic territory, may mean “our land” in the Inuktitut language, Nunavut’s Inuit Premier Paul Okalik wants to make the words come completely true by havin…
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StrataGold aims to expand Dublin Gulch
Vancouver — A drill program by
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Court rulings affect industry
In November 2004 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on two cases in British Columbia that could have major implications for mining and other resource companies doing business in areas where aboriginal…
FNX, Dynatec soar on Levack results (May 30, 2005)
The latest round of drilling on the Footwall discovery behind the Levack No. 2 shaft, 40 km north of Sudbury, Ont., has gone four-for-four for partners
Court deals deathblow to Harmony bid
Fittingly, the 7-month battle between
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Osisko at Canadian Malartic
A near-surface historical resource on
Impala to earn in on Ambatovy (May 27, 2005)
Dynatec (DY-T) has found its partner to develop the large Ambatovy nickel-laterite project in central Madagascar, i…