Volume 96 Number 3 - Mar 8 - 14, 2010

John Embry, chief metals strategist at Sprott Asset Management in Toronto.

How High Will Gold Prices Go This Year?

With the global economic recovery still facing strong headwinds, The Northern Miner surveyed six metals experts on where they think gold prices are headed this year and next, and why.John Embry, chief metals strategist at Sprott Asset…


Galway Turns To Old Colombian Gold Mine For Growth

Galway Resources (GWY-V) may have initially grabbed the market’s attention via its California gold project’s proximity to Ventana Gold’s (VEN-T) and Greystar Resources'( GSL-T) assets, but lately the …


Base Metals And ‘Mineral Deposits That Matter’

VANCOUVER — Tough economic times and reduced access to capital will force companies to narrow their exploration efforts on “best-of-breed” mineral deposits, commodity experts told delegates at Roundup 2010, a recent conference sponsored by the…


The Marathon PGM team (from front left): president and CEO Phillip Walford, geologist Jessica Borysenko, geologist Sherry Dunsworth, vice president of operations Ray Mason, and vice president of exploration David Goode (behind).

Marathon Gears Up For Mining

SITE VISIT MARATHON, ONT. — Named after a paper mill company that created jobs and sparked a population boom about 65 years ago, Marathon is now a town dwindling in size with a hurting economy.Marathon Pulp shut suddenly last year putting…


Labrador Iron Mines Gets Provincial OK

VANCOUVER — Labrador Iron Mines Holding’s (LIM-T) is well on its way to opening a direct-shipping iron ore (DSO) mine near Schefferville, Que., Newfoundland and Labrador, The provincial cabinet has now given the project final environmental…


Imperial Metals geologist Lee Ferriera working with core at the Red Chris copper-gold project, in B.C.

Coal And Copper Boost BC

Mining has been an integral part of British Columbia’s economy for more than 150 years. The industry was a strong performer again in 2009 with value of solid mineral production of about $5.7 billion from eight metal mines, nine coal mines and…


Looking at core at Strateco Resources' Matoush uranium project.

Exploration And Development Pace Cools Down

The Minister for Natural Resources and Wildlife, Serge Simard, unveiled the first mineral strategy for Quebec on June 29, 2009. This strategy is based on three major policy directions: creating wealth…



N.W.T. projects by commodity

Gold, Rare Earth Projects Prove Resilient

As of February 2010, diamond drills are being mobilized and dormant projects are being revived. This is markedly different from the start of 2009, when the global economic downturn battered exploratio…


The Sunrise camp at Peregrine Diamonds and BHP Billitons' Chidliak property, on Baffin Island.

Exploration Activity Holds Steady In Nunavut

As Nunavut celebrated its 10th anniversary as a territory, the exploration and mining industry had reason to be encouraged in 2009 as well. Despite a challenging economy, Nunavut saw the construction …


Taking a surface bulk-sample from the K6 kimberlite, at the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field.

Staking Intensifies For Potash, Lithium

At the end of last year, 100,000 sq. km had been staked for industrial and metallic minerals exploration in Alberta –about 24,000 sq. km of that during 2009.


The locations of Saskatchewan's major deposits.

Diversity Sees Saskatchewan Through The Doldrums

In 2008, for the first time ever, Saskatchewan led the country with about $9.7 billion in mineral sales. In 2009, however, preliminary indications are that the value of mineral sales declined, reflect…


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