Lunn named Natural Resources minister
Gary Lunn, a Conservative member of Parliament who represents the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands in British Columbia, was named minister of natural resources when Prime Minister Stephen Harper recentl…
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Goldie to talk Voisey’s Bay
At the next meeting of the Toronto Geological Discussion group, Ray Goldie of Salman Partners will examine how the political mess between Inco and the people of Newfoundland and Labrador almost killed…
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SGS heads to Durango…
Fronteer delivers Turkish delight
Vancouver —
Trio of financings reveals hot market
Vancouver — A recent series of major financings serves as a good barometer of the frothy mining investment climate.
All OK at K2
January opened with a dozen miners’ deaths stemming from a too-little, too-late response to an explosion at the Sago underground coal mine in West Virginia. But the month closed with Canadian miners s…
Winners and losers
— The following is an excerpt from Mining Explained, published by The Northern Miner….
Venture exchange outpaces senior board
The TSX Venture Composite Index closed the Jan. 31-Feb. 6 trading week at 2,606.49, up 58.77 points or 2.3%, continuing its march to new highs on an adjusted basis. Over the past year, the junior inde…
Adastra circles the wagons
Following a day of examination,
Bellavista makes it to commercial production
Miramar, Costa Rica — Sometimes, it takes a while. Thirty-five owners and 55 years after the first permits were issued,
Southern Peru, Peabody ten-baggers
With metal prices holding firm over the report period ended Feb. 6, much of the action in mining stocks centred around the stories of individual companies….