Kaminak drills for more mineralization at Coffee
VANCOUVER — With every drill hole it punches into the ground, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) is connecting the dots at its Coffee gold project in the Yukon.
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North American Palladium disappoints, gets punished
North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-N) failed to impress with its latest quarterly results, and, given the prevailing bearish sentiment towards mining stocks, the company’s shares felt the full weight of the market’s…
Feds join miners, universities to improve exploration success
The Canadian government is joining more than 24 mining companies and 17 Canadian universities to launch a collaborative research project to improve exploration techniques in the mining industry.
Who’s afraid of CNOOC?
The $15.1-billion takeover last year of oilsands producer Nexen by state-owned China National Offshore Oil Co., or CNOOC (CEO-N), tested Canadians’ willingness to allow foreign state-controlled firms full access to the country’s…
Titanium digs for value in oil sands tailings
VANCOUVER — Titanium Corp. (TIC-V) sees an opportunity in the waste being created by the big bitumen business in northeastern Alberta. With backing from the federal and provincial governments, the Edmonton-based junior is aiming to…
Commentary: BC election offers pipeline lifeline
VANCOUVER — Pipelines have become a hot topic across Canada. The debate over TransCanada’s (TRP-T, TRP-N) Keystone XL continues to rage as decision day inches nearer. The idea to reverse Enbridge’s (ENB-T, ENB-N) Line 9 to…
TSX Venture Exchange, May 13-17
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 3.3% — or 32.05 points during the period — with falling precious metal prices and a weaker Canadian dollar weighing on the market. Upbeat signs from the U.S. provided a late boost…
Editorial: Clash of the Titans
Canadians trying to make sense of what’s going on in the upper echelons of the newly merged Glencore Xstrata are getting a feel of what it must have been like to be an ancient Greek peasant looking up at his distant panoply of…
Suncor cancels Voyageur upgrader
It’s not just companies mining metals that are tightening their belts and concentrating on capital allocation discipline.
Goldcorp’s earnings squeezed
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) may have surpassed its long-time rival Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) in terms of market capitalization, but that doesn’t mean the company has been insulated from the same bear market that has felled other…
Athabasca finds aggregate demand remains strong
VANCOUVER — Despite recent uncertainty surrounding production in Canada’s oil sands — due to issues like volatile crude prices and ongoing pipeline debates — growth remains the word for supply-oriented companies in the…
Esaase prefeasibility puts Asanko on production path
VANCOUVER — With a new name and a new prefeasibility study for its flagship gold project in Ghana, Asanko Gold (AKG-T, AKG-N) is pushing towards production.