Peregrine’s quantum leap at Chidliak
IQALUIT —There don’t seem to be many places at Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-T) 49%-owned Chidliak project, on Baffin Island, 120 km northeast of Iqaluit, that are sheltered from the arctic wind,…
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Jericho purchase marks change in strategy for Shear Minerals
The Northern Miner headline in September 2005 proclaimed the exciting news: Tahera Diamond’s 100%-owned Jericho diamond mine would be Canada’s third diamond mine, and the first in Nunavut. And, indeed…
The competition heats up
Since our last issue of Diamonds in Canada in May, fears that the global economic recovery might be derailed have started to ease. Diamond retailers and miners continued to regain…
Blackwater reveals its strength for Richfield
SITE VISIT QUESNEL, B.C. — One hundred and fifty million years ago the volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Hazelton Group were laid down in what is now central British…
Casey Research selects next generation of ‘resource stars’
Independent investment advisory firm Casey Research has published a list of the next generation of men and women to watch in the resource sector who are still under the age of 40.
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE OCTOBER 18-22
With the Bank of Canada holding rates at 1%, the TSX composite managed to hold on to much of its recent gains for the Oct. 18-22 period. The index fell a mere 11 points for the week, to 12,641.93.
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE OCTOBER 18-22
A dipping gold price helped lead to a mixed week for the S&P-TSX Venture composite index, but three days of gains outpaced two days of losses to have the board end up 55.71 points at 1,878.23.
U.S. MARKETS OCTOBER 18-22
Leading up to the G-20 weekend meeting of finance ministers, U.S. stocks ended higher for the third straight week at the close of the Oct. 18-22 period. The Dow Jones industrial average added 69.78 po…
Freeport settles with DRC gov’t at Tenke
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government has finally completed its lengthy review of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt project and confirmed that …
Sundridge selects Senet for Debarwa’s feasibility study
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The Banana grows for Hana
For Hana Mining (HMG-V), 2010 is shaping into a banner year.
Hathor’s superb uranium hits
The latest drill results from Hathor Exploration’s (HAT-V) Roughrider uranium discovery on the Midwest Northeast project in Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin are literally off the scale.