Noront expands Eagle One with polymetallic finds
McFauld’s Lake, Ont. – The story of the Ring of Fire, one of the hottest exploration camps in Canada, started in Au…
Nickel
Crowflight hits high-grade nickel near workings at Bucko Lake
Vancouver – Expansion drilling at the new Bucko Lake nickel mine is proving up a new high-grade zone just 100 met…
Puget sees lustre in base metals
Plummeting prices and demand didn’t discourage Puget Ventures (PVS-V) president Erin Airton from forming a junior f…
Jilin Jien moves in on Canadian nickel
Vancouver – Scooping up half of troubled Liberty Mines (LBE-T) and earning into Goldbrook Ventures’ (GBK-V) Raglan …
Hard Creek grows Turnagain again
Vancouver – The Turnagain nickel deposit has grown again for owner Hard Creek Nickel (HCN-T).
Ursa Major and Canadian Arrow consider merger
Nickel prices are still in the dumps but that’s not stopping nickel juniors, Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) and Ursa …
Lower nickel prices chip away at International Royalty’s Q1 revenues
A US$3.7 million decline in royalty revenue from the Voisey’s Bay mine drove first quarter revenues for Internation…
Russia: A Land Of Opportunities And Risks
In our April 27-May 3/09 issue, we wrote about Russia’s new strategic sectors law, and about the Canada-Russia Mining Conference, organized by the Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association (CERBA) an…
Blackstone advances Scandinavian nickel projects
Vancouver – Thanks to momentum supported by loftier pre-economic meltdown nickel prices Blackstone Ventures (BLV-…
Russia: The Last Frontier?
Take one look at a map of the vast, largely untapped land mass that is Russia, and the country’s staggering mineral potential becomes obvious.
Canada’s CFOs Honour Agnico’s Garofalo
Canada’s financial community came out in force to a black-tie gala in Toronto during the fifteenth trading week of the year to bestow Agnico-Eagle Mines’ David Garofalo with the title “Canada’s CFO of…
Vale Inco Plans Sudbury Shutdowns
Vale Inco, a subsidiary of Vale (RIO-N), is shutting down its nickel mining and processing facilities in Sudbury, Ont., as well as its precious metals processing facilities in Port Colborn, for eight …