Scrutiny of water-use policies and regulations, and concern that provincial governments across Canada need to better regulate industrial water use, have become more prominent in recent years, particularly after the recent droughts in B.C. and…
VANCOUVER — Steve Robertson, spokesperson for Huckleberry Mines and vice-president of corporate affairs for Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF), says there’s value left in the ground at the open-pit Huckleberry copper mine, 88…
VANCOUVER — With over 20 million historical oz. of placer gold scoured out of the gravel creeks across the northern latitudes of the Yukon Territory, Matthew Turner, president, CEO and director of Rockhaven Resources (TSXV: RK), says…
VANCOUVER — It has taken half a year of negotiations for Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: FTMNF) to come to a financial agreement with the government of Ecuador to develop its flagship Fruta del Norte high-grade underground gold deposit, 80…
U.S. stocks retreated, continuing the U.S. market’s worst-ever start to the calendar year, as oil prices tumbled and investors worried about the health of the Chinese economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.2% to 15,988.08 and the…
It was a nasty week on the markets as oil sank below US$30 per barrel for the first time since 2003 and the Canadian dollar dropped below US69¢ for the first time in 13 years, closing at US68.82¢. The S&P/TSX Composite Index…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index stayed near the lowest point in its history, falling 2.1%, or 10.99 points, to a 514.77-point weekly close.
With respect to Lesley Stokes’ feature article, “Mining the unexpected: When ‘poor geology’ becomes a problem” (T.N.M., Jan. 4–10, 2016), the rash of recent failures is not derived from a lack of information…
Poor geology is a poor, but valid, excuse for a mining company to use when describing why their ore deposits do not have the ore as expected.
A revised geological model and updated resource estimate that eviscerates much of the tonnage and grade at Rubicon Minerals’ (TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) F2 gold deposit means that more exploration would be needed at depth and along strike…
It’s full steam ahead for aspiring miner Euromax Resources (TSXV: EOX) in Macedonia, as the company positions its Ilovica copper-gold porphyry deposit, 15 km west of the border with Bulgaria, to become the European country’s first…
The deep convulsions in the ailing U.S. coal-mining sector are continuing unabated into the new year, with America’s second-largest coal miner, Arch Coal, seeking bankruptcy protection on Jan. 11.
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