Shares of Matamec Explorations (MAT-V) have taken off after the junior announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the trading arm of Toyota Motor Group to fast-track the development of its Kipawa rare earths deposit in…
Vancouver – Cardero Resource (CDU-T) has released a preliminary economic assessment on its 75%-owned Carbon Creek metallurgical coal project in Northeast British Columbia only months after securing majority ownership of the project.
Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index finished off the December 5 to 9 period at 1,547.31 points, down 9.57 points after dropping on four days and rallying on the fifth. Volume was up slightly at an average of 93.7 million shares…
U.S. equities ended the week marginally higher as leaders in the European Union-with the exception of Great Britain-agreed in principal to draft a new treaty to form a closer fiscal union in the Euro zone. But skepticism about whether Europe…
London, U.K. – The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), an independent department of the British government that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex financial fraud and corruption, is looking into allegations of unlawful activity at Eurasian…
Hermosillo, Mexico – Ongoing exploration for a cash-strapped junior is hard to do in a turbulent market, but one that could reap handsome rewards. The possibility of a huge pay off is keeping First Mexican Gold’s (FMG-V) president and…
Two recent news items have underscored the divergent futures of the Northwest Territories (NWT) and Canada’s other two territories. On one side, BHP Billiton (BHP-N) announced possibly selling its Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories…
Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) has indefinitely halted construction activities in agreement with the government of Peru at its 51%-owned Conga gold-copper project in the northern region of Cajamarca, following weeks of protests over the proposed…
K+S plans to go ahead with building its Legacy potash project in Saskatchewan’s highly prospective potash basin, with initial production expected in 2015.
In August Molycorp’s (MCP-N) proposed partnership with Hitachi Metals to create a joint venture that would manufacture neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) alloy and permanent rare earth magnets fell through when the two companies failed to reach an…
Keegan Resources (KGN-T, KGN-X) shares are undervalued, even considering the new tax changes proposed in Ghana, Canaccord Genuity mining analyst Nicholas Campbell argues in a research note, adding that the gold junior could be targeted by an…
If you’re wondering how the Quebec mining industry’s lobbying efforts are coming along to amend the provincial government’s mining-restrictive Bill 14, tabled in May to update the Mining Act, look no further than the increasingly frustrated and…
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