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Newcrest swallows A$6.2B writedown

Newcrest Mining’s (TSX:NM; ASX: NCM) warning in early June that it would be taking up to a A$6-billion writedown on its various gold mining assets around the world has come to pass, and the bite is a little deeper than first anticipated…


The exploration camp at Laramide Resources' Westmoreland uranium project in Queensland, Australia. Source: Laramide Resources

Laramide’s Henderson takes the long view

Laramide Resources (TSX: LAM; US-OTC: LMRXF; ASX: LAM) ended 2012 with an enterprise value of less than US$1 per lb. in the ground for its district-scale uranium resource in Australia and a handful of smaller projects in the U.S. — yet…



Fission’s technical team remakes the Athabasca basin

VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU) made headlines last year with the J-Zone discovery at its Waterberg uranium joint-venture in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, and the company is showing no signs of slowing down.




A drill site at Corbiza Metals' Arikepay copper-gold porphyry project in Peru. Source: Cobriza Metals

Candente eyes Cobriza to boost opportunities

The whole appears greater than the sum of its parts for Candente Copper (TSX: DNT), which is acquiring Cobriza Metals (TSXV: CZA; US-OTC: CBZMF) — a company it spun out in late 2011 — to survive and hopefully thrive in a harsh…


Ur-Energy shares gain momentum

Ur-Energy (TSX: URE; NYSE-Arca: URG) has seen its shares nearly double in the past year, as it gears to become the next U.S.-based uranium producer.




The camp at Oceanic's Ungava Bay iron project in the Nunavik Region of northern Quebec. Source: Oceanic Iron Ore

Quebec gives Oceanic a vote of confidence

Quebec’s Ministry of Finance and Economy is interested in taking a minority stake in Oceanic Iron Ore’s (TSXV: FEO; US-OTC: FEOVF) Hopes Advance iron ore project in the Ungava Bay region.



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