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…
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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.
Political power play over PotashCorp
BHP Billiton’s $40-billion hostile bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan entered a critical period in late October, as the broadly free market-friendly Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and his government…
Dumas buys Peruvian mining contractor L&L
Having settled into its new headquarters in downtown Toronto, Dumas Contracting has acquired L&L Contratista Minera, a Peruvian mining contractor specializing in shaft sinking.
Harvard Law School responds to AME BC letter re. First Nations report
In June 2010, Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic released a report entitled Bearing the burden: The effects of mining on First Nations in British Columbia, which is available at ht…