Paramount wakes up Sleeper mine with new resource
Vancouver – Working to revive the past-producing Sleeper gold mine in Nevada, Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T, PZG-X) has released a first estimate as to how much gold could be left in the ground.
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Continental finding nickel in Tanzania
Continental Nickel (CNI-V) is proving that Tanzania has more than just gold to offer metal investors. The company released strong nickel results from its Nachingwea project, which is located in south eastern Tanzania, roughly 180-km west of the…
BC regulator flags Passport Potash
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has scrutinized Passport Potash (ppi-v) for making several disclosures touting its Holbrook potash project in Arizona.
Lupaka’s 1.2M oz. gold deposit attracts former Canuck as investor
Vancouver – June 2011 was certainly not the best of times to launch a new Peru-focused gold explorer. But the plan to take Lupaka Gold (lpk-t) public – hatched by long-time mining executive Gordon Ellis with the help of Vancouver Canucks hockey…
Financial outlook improves for American Vanadium’s Gibellini
Vancouver- American Vanadium (AVC-V) has significantly improved the economics of its Gibellini vanadium project in Nevada thanks in no small part to a much improved outlook for vanadium oxide prices.
Copper Mountain opening marks new era in BC mining
With the simple snip of a copper-tinged ribbon, Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) CEO Jim O’Rourke, Mitsubishi Materials CEO Hiroshi Yao and Consul General of Japan Hideki Ito officially opened B.C.’s first major metals mine of the twenty-first…
Agnico’s two pearls in Nunavut
It’s been a tough and ambitious foray in Canada’s Arctic for Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), but one that holds much promise.
Victory to build Minago nickel mine
After spending years proving up one of Canada’s largest undeveloped nickel-sulphide deposits, Victory Nickel (NI-T) has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to build a mine at its Minago project in northern Manitoba’s Thompson nickel belt.
Mountain Province Diamonds attracts interest
Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) has received “unsolicited expressions of interest from third parties” about its stake in the Gahcho Kué diamond project in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Midas explores consolidated Idaho gold property
Recently launched Midas Gold (MAX-T) is working through a 20,000-metre drill program to prove up the potential of its consolidated gold property in Idaho’s Stibnite-Yellow Pine district.
‘China Inc.’ buys another slice of the oilsands
Another year, another purchase by a state-owned Chinese energy company in Alberta’s burgeoning oilsands industry.
Enbridge touts pipeline demand as review continues
Building a nearly 1,200-km-long pipeline is inevitably challenging, but putting one through two provinces and the territory of dozens of First Nations, only to emerge in a contentious port location, makes for a daunting task indeed.