The B.C. Securities Commission is alleging that a Hong Kong-based analyst working for a global institutional investor in 2012 tipped his sister about information regarding a cost overrun that had not been publicly disclosed at Baja…
Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has been upgraded to Salman Partners analyst Ash Guglani’s top-picks list due to its attractive production and growth profile.
Shares of Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) surged nearly 33% to $1.05 after the company announced that Ross Beaty and Zebra Holdings (the trust of the late Adolf H. Lundin) are to become significant shareholders.
VANCOUVER — After posting a big-time loss in 2013, West Africa-focused gold producer Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) pledged for a comeback, and based on the company’s performance over the first half of…
VANCOUVER — Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has suspended mining at its Cigar Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan so that the high-grade orebody can freeze — a necessary step in mining the waterlogged deposit.
Panoro Minerals (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) has completed a $5.8-million equity financing of 13.8 million shares at 42¢ underwritten by Laurentian Bank Securities and National Bank Financial. The money will help further exploration work at…
Littleton, Colo.-based Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-MKT: URG) has published a maiden resource estimate for its Shirley Basin uranium project in Wyoming’s Carbon County, indicating the deposit has 8.8 million lb. grading 0.23% eU3O8 in…
When James Campbell completed his honours degree in mining and exploration geology in 1985 from the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London, he had three job offers waiting for him: working on an oil rig in the North Sea, at a gold…
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA — When it comes to open-pit mining, having more than 100 million tonnes of overburden sitting on top of your deposit is typically a situation best avoided, but for junior Victory Nickel (TSX: NI; US-OTC: VNCKF)…
VANCOUVER — Horizontal drilling and fracturing technology have unlocked vast reservoirs of oil and gas from shale basins across North America. The continent hosts 67 billion barrels of technically recoverable shale oil and 1,238 trillion…
Nova Scotia’s deputy chief medical officer Frank Atherton is recommending that the provincial government take a cautious approach to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and argues in a new discussion paper that the relevant authorities…
In the last six months, Rainmaker Resources (TSXV: RMG) has acquired frac sand assets in both Canada and the U.S. that are close to key infrastructure and existing frac sand operations.
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