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Vancouver — Liberty Mines (LBE-V) has received a dewatering permit for the past-producing Redstone nickel mine, located 23 km southeast of Timmins, Ont….

Strong gains in the energy sector were the story on the Toronto Stock Exchange as Hurricane Katrina pushed up oil and gas prices during the report period Aug. 29-Sept. 4. The Toronto Stock Exchange co…

Swiss-based mining group Xstrata (XTA-L) has agreed to buy some 370,000 additional shares of Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T) from a non-Canadian investor….

Vancouver — After months of investigating potential opportunities for growth, diversified miner Teck Cominco (TEK-T) has secured a toehold stake in the Fort Hills oil sands project…

Resource companies enjoyed a balmy bounce over the Aug. 30-Sept. 2 report period, with energy and coal companies catching the biggest uplift. The broad-based S&P 500 Index climbed 5.74 points to c…

A $1.4-million placement of flow-through shares will fund two exploration projects around Breakwater Resources‘ (BWR-T) dormant base metal mines in northwestern Quebec….

Andina Mnrls — Gregory Laing appointed director; John McBride has resigned as director….

Vancouver — A third-phase drill program by Brazauro Resources (BZO-V) has extended a mineralized zone at the Tocantinzinho project (also known as the TZ project) in the Tapajos gol…

The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index surged to a 5-month high going into the Labour Day long weekend, gaining almost 2% or 36.79 points to close out the holiday shortened Aug. 30-Sept. 2 trading se…