Nickel



HTX Minerals CEO Scott McLean (left) and Transition Metals COO Greg Collins at Transition Metals' Homathko gold property, 200 km west of Williams Lake, British Columbia. Source: HTX Minerals

Project generation a win for McLean

Scott McLean and Kevin Stevens were part of a four-man team at Falconbridge that discovered the high-grade Nickel Rim South deposit in Sudbury, Ont., in 2001.


Hart gives Liberty a ray of hope

Less than two weeks after Timmins, Ont.-focused Liberty Mines (LBE-T) suspended production because of declining nickel prices, it posted a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Hart nickel deposit.


Noront Resources' Esker camp in Ontario's James Bay Lowlands. Photo by Noront Resources

Noront hopes to soar with Eagle’s Nest

Toronto-based Noront Resources (NOT-V) is banking on a newly published feasibility study at its advanced-stage Eagle’s Nest polymetallic nickel-sulphide deposit — which also includes copper, platinum, palladium and gold — to…


Noront hopes to soar with Eagle’s Nest

VANCOUVER — Toronto-based explorer Noront Resources (NOT-V) is banking on a newly-published feasibility study at its advanced-stage Eagle’s Nest pollymetallic nickel-sulphide deposit — which also includes copper, platinum,…


[Update] Liberty looks for a ray of light

Less than two weeks after Timmins, Ont.-focused Liberty Mines (LBE-T) temporarily halted production because of declining nickel prices and posted a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Hart nickel deposit.


North American Nickel's Maniitsoq nickel-copper project on Greenland's southwestern coast. Photo by North American Nickel

North American Nickel’s interstellar story at Maniitsoq

It is not often that a mining company finds itself headlining space publications and astronomy journals, but that is exactly what happened to North American Nickel (NAN-V, WSCRF-O) when the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland announced…


Sherritt copes with falling prices, permit delays

Toronto-based Sherritt International (S-T) is suffering from symptoms of the global economic slowdown, including rising cash costs and lower realized prices on production.Sherritt has tried shielding itself with its diverse portfolio —…



Search for sunken treasure intensifying

VANCOUVER — With big mineral deposits becoming harder to find and even harder to put into production thanks to social and political hurdles, a small but growing group of companies are looking to the sea floor as their next source of…


Prophecy Platinum sees promising signs at Wellgreen

Things keep rolling along for Vancouver-based Prophecy Platinum (NKL-V) at its flagship Wellgreen platinum group metals (PGM) and nickel project in the Yukon. The junior released a flurry of news to end May, including a maiden full-spectrum…


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