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Lake Shore adds to position in Northern Superior (February 14, 2011)
Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T) has increased its ownership in Northern Superior Resources (SUP-V) to 25.5% by privately buying more than 6.7 million shares at 80¢ each.
New assays at Borden Lake for Probe Mines (February 14, 2011)
Assay results from the first seven holes of a second-phase drill program at its Borden Lake gold project near Chapleau, Ont., have extended the gold zone about 300 metres northwest of previous drilling, Probe Mines (PRB-V) reports.
Newmont bids for Fronteer
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) is the latest to join the wave of merger and acquisition activity that is washing over Canadian mining companies.
New hope from old regime in CAR?
With all of the unrest in Egypt, Tunisia and Côte d’Ivoire, Africa could use a story of peaceful politics more now than ever.
Roundup: Atac, Kaminak gear up for 2011
Vancouver – In a couple of packed sessions at the Mineral Exploration Roundup in late January, leading Yukon gold explorers Atac Resources (atc-v) and Kaminak Resources (kam-v) laid out their plans for stepped up exploration in 2011.
Canadian gov’t tightens TFW regulations
Whether your company currently employs temporary foreign workers (TFW), or whether your company may do so in the future, you need to be aware of the new Temporary Foreign Worker Program regulations that will come into force on April 1, 2011.
Canadian coal miners riled by US deal with Ridley Terminals (February 14, 2011)
British Columbia and Alberta coal producers have accused a federal Crown corporation of “putting American jobs ahead of Canadian jobs” after St. Louis-based Arch Coal (ACI-N) announced a five-year deal to ship Powder River basin coal from the…
The case for tungsten
While gold, silver, copper and rare earths have been drawing much of the markets’ attention in the metals space recently, another metal has been quietly gathering steam.
Pacific North West takes 100% of River Valley
Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T, PAWEF-O) is acquiring Anglo Platinum’s (AGPPY-O) 50% interest in the River Valley platinum group metals (PGM) joint-venture project in northern Ontario, one of Canada’s largest primary PGM deposits, bringing…
Avalon bulks up Nechalacho
Avalon Rare Metals (AVL-T, AVL-X) has added significantly to the indicated and inferred resources at its Nechalacho rare earth elements (REE) deposit in the Northwest Territories after a summer of drilling.
Seabridge grows gold resource in NWT
Drilling last year to upgrade inferred resources to higher categories at Seabridge Gold’s (SEA-T, SA-X) Courageous Lake deposit northeast of Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has increased measured and indicated resources, improved…