The 1990s weren’t kind to some low-grade gold projects, and one of those was the Lluvia de Oro mine in northwestern Sonora state, Mexico. It operated for less than three years under two owners, and se…
Commentary In planning a new mine, engineers can draw on a wealth of long-established procedures to prepare a finely detailed study to track construction and operating costs down to the…
Even as new record, nominal highs for uranium and nickel prices were being set in the week ended Feb. 24, it was organized labour action in Canada’s railyards that grabbed the most focused attention o…
The two highest concentrations of precious metals drilled to date in the Coldwell intrusive complex in north-central Ontario have been intersected in recent drilling by Marathon PGM (MAR-T, MRPGF-O).
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) chairman Robert Friedland says he can see the advantage of partnering with the government of Mongolia as the company works to develop the massive Oyu Tolgoi c…
Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) has entered into a $175-million bought-deal financing agreement to fund the development of its Lumwana copper project in Zambia.
Aur Resources’ (AUR-T, AURRF-O) production may have dropped in 2006, but a spike in copper prices allowed the company to more than double its net income to US$293.7 million.
Nickel projects in northern Ontario seem to be proceeding nicely, defying the predictions of doom vented before the takeovers of Inco and Falconbridge.
A preliminary economic study on the Maskwa nickel-copper deposit in eastern Manitoba says higher metal prices have justified a higher resource figure.
Vancouver — Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM-V, NAK-X) says its huge Pebble project in southwestern Alaska now ranks as the world’s second-largest porphyry copper-gold deposit, and could get even large…
Recent drilling at two base metal projects in northeastern Ontario has turned up encouraging results for two junior explorers.
Seeking to increase the resource at its Troy copper-silver mine in northwestern Montana, Revett Minerals (RVM-T, RVMIF-O) has started a mine-site exploration program.
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