Imperial Metals Corporation

Banks Island moves Yellow Giant towards production

It has been a quick ride for B.C.-focused explorer Banks Island Gold (BOZ-V). Just 18 months since Banks Island signed an earn-in agreement on its Yellow Giant gold-silver property, 110 km south of Prince Rupert, the company has released a…


Spanish Mountain aims for improved project economics

Vancouver-based explorer Spanish Mountain Gold (SPA-V) is on track to release updated economics for its Spanish Mountain gold project 70 km northeast of Williams Lake, B.C., by October. The company pushed back the date on its pre-feasibility…


Spanish Mountain aims for improved economics

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based explorer Spanish Mountain Gold (SPA-V) is on track to release updated economics at its Spanish Mountain gold project 70-km northeast of Williams Lake, B.C. by October. The company pushed back the date on its…


Bolero jumps on graphite trend

Proving there is healthy demand for new graphite plays, new entrant Bolero Resources’ (BRU-V) share price nearly doubled after announcing it had secured prospective graphite claims in northern Ontario.The claims are contiguous to Northern…


ESO Uranium project manager Garrett Ainsworth (left) with his father Ben, vice-president of exploration, at the Patterson Lake South uranium project in Saskatchewan. Photo by ESO Uranium

ESO Uranium digs into the Athabasca basin

Ben Ainsworth joined the board of Hathor Exploration in 2005 and served as vice-president of exploration during the junior’s development of its high-grade Roughrider uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, about…


Sizing up BC’s next copper kings

With capital costs escalating all around the industry and mine financing not getting any easier, good infrastructure looks to be as crucial as ever to building a successful, major copper mine in B.C.


Huckleberry approves mine expansion

The board of Huckleberry Mines – in which Imperial Metals (III-T) holds a 50% stake, and a consortium of Asian companies (Materials, Marubeni, Dowa Mining and Furukawa) owns the remainder – has approved a plan to extend the life of its…


Mine expansion approved at Huckleberry

The board of Huckleberry Mines, in which Imperial Metals (III-T) holds a 50% stake and a consortium of Asian companies (Materials Corp., Marubeni Corp., Dowa Mining Co. and Furukawa Co.) owns the remainder, has approved a plan to extend the…



Hard Creek Nickel executive vice-president Neil Froc (left), with CEO Mark Jarvis at the Turnagain nickel project in Northern B.C. Photo by Matthew Allan

Metallurgical breakthrough lifts Hard Creek’s Turnagain

“There’s a lot of moose pasture up here,” Mark Jarvis, president and CEO of Hard Creek Nickel (HNC-T), jokes while looking out at the gently rolling hills littered with pines aboard a short flight to the company’s Turnagain nickel project in…


Metallurgical breakthrough lifts Hard Creek’s Turnagain

Dease Lake, B.C. – “There’s a lot of moose pasture up here,” jokes Mark Jarvis, president and CEO of Hard Creek Nickel (HNC-T), while looking out at the gently rolling hills littered with pines aboard a short flight to the company’s Turnagain…



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