2011



Coalspur develops Vista project in Alberta

Four months after he was hired as managing director and chief executive of Coalspur Mines (cpt-t, cpl-a) Gene Wusaty was still working out of his home and a local coffee shop in Calgary and putting business expenses on his personal credit card.


Technical Analysis: Platinum looks good

In this Technical Analysis Report we re-visit the Commitments of Traders (COT) report, supplied by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to see if any metals appear ready to make a significant move.


Shear rolls back shares, changes name

At the opening bell on Dec. 30, 2010, Shear Minerals began trading on a consolidated basis under the new name of Shear Diamonds (srm-v).At the company’s recent annual meeting, shareholders and the board of directors approved a 10-to-1 rollback…


Hana grows Banana resource ahead of PEA

An updated estimate has increased the copper-silver resource at the Ghanzi project in Botswana by more than 40% for Hana Mining (hmg-v), providing a solid foundation for a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) due out in February.The new…


NSGold to revive Nova Scotia gold camp

Newly listed NSGold (nsx-v) is determined to make a name for itself in the historic gold camps of Nova Scotia.The junior recently wrapped up a $750,000-exploration drilling campaign on the Mooseland gold project, 110 km by paved highway…


Positive study for Canada Lithium

Canada’s most advanced lithium project took a big step closer to production in mid-December when Canada Lithium (clq-t) produced a positive feasibility study for its Quebec Lithium project near Val d’Or, Que. The study found the deposit at…


Western Areas to mine underground at Spotted Quoll

After starting nickel production last April at the Tim King open-pit mine, part of Western Areas’ (wsa-t, wsa-a) Spotted Quoll deposit about 400 km east of Perth, the company has decided to mine underground, too. The nickel sulphide explorer…


NovaGold makes run at Copper Canyon partner (January 10, 2011)

Just days before Christmas, NovaGold Resources (ng-t, ng-x) has surprised Copper Canyon Resources (cpy-v) by announcing plans to make an unsolicited takeover bid for the company and its 40% interest in the Copper Canyon copper-gold project in…


Creston boosts NPV at El Creston (January 10, 2011)

Creston boosts NPV at El CrestonVancouver – A year of drilling and metallurgical work has given Creston Moly (cms-v) a big bump in the net present value (NPV) for its El Creston molybdenum deposit in Mexico.The new preliminary economic…


Mirasol jumps on strong silver intercepts

The first seven holes into Mirasol Resources’ (mrz-v) grassroots Virginia silver project in Argentina returned enough silver to add 22% to the company’s share price in a day.Mirasol is working through a 28-hole drill program at Virginia, the…


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