2006


Lending Rates (July 03, 2006)

as of 4 pm ET, June 27, 2006 (%)
Bank of Canada 4.50
Target overnight rate 4.25
Canadian Prime 6.00

BHP Billiton reaches for more Skye (July 03, 2006)

Vancouver — Mining giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) must like what it sees in aspiring nickel producer Skye Resources (SKR-T, SKRZF-O), having recently purchased 2 million additional shares in the j…


INTERNATIONAL URANIUMAerial view of International Uranium's White Mesa uranium facility in southeastern Utah.

Int’l Uranium fires up US mines

Vancouver — With the uranium spot price reaching an all-time high of US$45 per lb., International Uranium (Iuc-T, IUCPF-O) is reviving some of its mines located in the Four Corners area of southweste…


XSTRATA COALAerial view of the Donkin mine site in Nova Scotia.

Xstrata Coal extends reach to Americas

The Donkin coal resource in Nova Scotia could serve as an anchor for other potential projects in the Americas as Xstrata Coal aims to expand beyond its traditional base in Australia and South Africa….


Matoush shaping up for Strateco

The discovery of the first recognized unconformity-type uranium deposits made for a revolution in the uranium mining industry, so it’s only natural to think of the Athabasca and Thelon basins as urani…



JNR and partners advance Canadian uranium projects

Vancouver — Joint-venture partners JNR Resources (JNN-V, JNRRF-O) and International Uranium (IUC-T, IUCPF-O) have begun a 17,500-metre summer drilling program at the Moore Lake uranium project, in no…


COMPLIANCE ENERGYCollecting bulk sample bags from a refurbished adit at the Raven coal deposit on Vancouver Island.

Compliance Energy eyes ‘dual-fuel’ power plant

Develop metallurgical coal mines, get a “dual-fuel” power plant up and running, and continue to operate a thermal coal mine: it sounds like a big to-do list for a junior company. But Compliance Energy…


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SXR Uranium One’s Dominion grows (July 03, 2006)

Higher uranium and gold prices and more than 30,000 metres worth of drilling have allowed SXR Uranium One (SXR-T, SXRFF-O) to substantially boost resources at its already large Dominion uranium projec…




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