VANCOUVER — Explorer Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) has been one of the few juniors that has kept a steady drilling rate over the past two years despite tough capital markets. The company’s Patterson Lake South (PLS)…
An expected surge in the platinum price failed to materialize in 2014 because of a strong U.S. dollar and weak South African rand, say mining analysts with CIBC World Markets, who are slashing their platinum price forecast for 2015.
Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) has found a mineralized body outside of the 2009 resource at its Stratmat zinc-lead-silver-copper-gold project in New Brunswick.
OPEC’s decision not to cut production sent U.S. oil prices down 10% to US$66.15 per barrel on Nov. 28, the biggest one-day drop in five years. Lower oil prices usally translate to lower inflation rates, crimping investment demand for…
Last year Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER; US-OTC: EANRF) surveyed its wholly owned Lac Lessard property in the James Bay region of northern Quebec using a combined airborne magnetic and electromagnetic VTEM system that identified 10 highly…
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has approved the development of a US$350-million A-21 kimberlite pipe at its 60%-owned Diavik mine, 300 km northeast of Yellowknife.
VANCOUVER — Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU) is facing a lawsuit in the B.C. Supreme Court alleging it was complicit in the use of forced labour by local contractors at its Bisha copper-gold operation in Eritrea in East Africa….
Stock indexes rose for the fifth straight week as China cut its one-year benchmark lending rates for the first time in more than two years and expectations increased that the European Central Bank would help stimulate Europe’s struggling…
Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) has estimated cleanup costs related to the early August tailings dam failure at its Mount Polley mine at $67.4 million — less than many analysts had expected.
VANCOUVER — Scorpio Mining (TSX: SPM; US-OTC: SMNPF) and U.S. Silver & Gold (TSX: USA; US-OTC: USGIF) plan to join their businesses in a merger of equals that could create a leading junior silver producer in the Americas.
Struggling U.S.-based iron ore and coal miner Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) may close its Bloom Lake iron ore mine in eastern Quebec, as it bids farewell to Canada.
VANCOUVER — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environment Control (SCDHEC) has received a request for review of the mine operating permit for Romarco Minerals’ (TSX: R) proposed Haile gold mine. The review filed by the…
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