Potash shows signs of recovery
Vancouver – Potash prices are a far cry from the heights reached in 2008, but signs of recovery continue to em…
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Wesdome beats gold production forecast
Wesdome Gold Mines’ (WDO-T) gold production was 28% higher than expected in 2009 after grades at its Eagle Riv…
Short Position Report (February 09, 2010)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Jan. 31/…
CAW asks gov’t to stop Xstrata smelter closure
The Canadian Auto Workers union has called on both the Ontario and the federal governments to investigate Xstr…
Nayarit proves positive economics at Orion
Vancouver – Junior player Nayarit Gold (NYG-V) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its An…
Supreme Court decision on Red Chris provides environmental assessment clarity
Vancouver – In a decision more than three years in the making, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled the ministr…
Katanga coming back to life
The storm of the financial crisis is now behind Katanga Mining (KAT-T) and the company is looking to its opera…
Potash Back In Vogue With BHP’s Bid For Athabasca Potash
BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is offering $341 million to snap up junior explorer Athabasca Potash’s (API-T) assets in Saskatchewan.
Yukon Territory Wins Big At AME BC Awards Dinner
VANCOUVER — A prospector, a Howe Street financier and several geologists and engineers with historic or recent ties to the Yukon Territory were among the recipients of prestigious awards presented at…
Chinese Mining Investments Sweep The Globe
If anyone had any doubt that a seismic shift of financial power from West to East is underway, they need to look no further than the US$17 billion Chinese companies and sovereign wealth funds pumped i…
Chief Explains Ring Of Fire Protest
First Nation groups eager to be involved in the mining business in northern Ontario are blocking two ice airstrips used by mining companies in the isolated but heavily-staked Ring of Fire camp in the …
Pakistan May Renegotiate Reko Diq Contract
There is new uncertainty surrounding Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) and Antofagasta’s (ANTO-L) Reko Diq copper-gold joint-venture project in Pakistan’s resource-rich but unruly southwest Balochistan pr…