VANCOUVER — It looks like Gold Standard Ventures (GV-V) has done it again. The company’s shares jumped 51% or 91¢ on April 26 following the release of new results from the North Bullion zone at its Railroad gold property…
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT-T, POT-N) reported lower first quarter profits on the back of reduced potash sales and production volumes, revising its 2012 earnings guidance.
VANCOUVER — Manitoba’s Flin Flon greenstone belt has been yielding high-grade copper and zinc from its volcanogenic massive sulphide ore bodies for almost 85 years, but VMS Ventures (VMS-V) thinks there’s lots of…
Opening up a new mine is seldom an even process.
In a keynote address at Byron Capital Markets’ third annual conference on electric metals in Toronto last week, Jack Lifton warned that the prospect of copper shortages should be of far greater concern than of electric metals such as rare…
VANCOUVER — Every so often a story comes along that draws everything into focus. In the mining industry the news of the day often involves high-grade drill results, production guidance estimates, or stock movement, but when Rodren…
Mine safety is a matter of continuing concern worldwide, there being a wide spectrum of legislation and the manner in which it is administered and enforced. Recent attempts by the South African government provide a case study illustrating the…
A start-up company with high-profile supporters has set out to boldly go where no miner has gone before — to extract the resource riches of outer space.
What happens to companies that try to operate where they have few friends? It all depends on their approach. But one thing is certain — corporate engagement with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local stakeholders is now a…
Ben Ainsworth joined the board of Hathor Exploration in 2005 and served as vice president exploration during the junior’s development of its high-grade Roughrider uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, about 25…
VANCOUVER — With world populations marching ever upward, and an updated forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimating the largest U.S. corn crop in 75 years through 2012, it comes as no surprise that potash exploration…
It’s been a busy few days for Belo Sun Mining (BSX-T). On Monday the Toronto-based junior adopted a shareholder rights plan, followed on Wednesday with an updated resource estimate for the two deposits in Brazil that make up its flagship…
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