Editorial: Sullivan tragedy grips Kootenays
Asphyxia’s gentle death has haunted miners since the first tunnel was dug deep into a mountainside thousands of years ago, and it continues to endanger lives to this day, usually in the primitive arti…
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Yellowhead to drill Harper Creek
Vancouver — Along with a proposed financing to raise up to $10 million and become a publicly traded company later this year, Yellowhead Mining is planning a spring exploration program at its newly ac…
First Nickel extends Lockerby
Shares in First Nickel (FNI-T, FNKLF-O) jumped 18% to $1.18 in heavy morning trade in Toronto on May 29, after the junior producer reported some high-grade extensions to the producing Depth zone at th…
New resource figure for Monument Bay
Rolling Rock Resources (RLL-V) has tabled a revised resource estimate for the Monument Bay project in northern Mani…
Aurizon tells shareholders to wait and see
Facing an unsolicited takeover bid from Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X), Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) has advised…
St. Andrew to restructure equity side
Timmins-camp gold developer St. Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) plans a consolidation of its shares and with it a $20-mil…
Young-Shannon cuts McMillan high-grade (May 31, 2006)
Vancouver – Drilling by Young-Shannon Gold Mines (GYS-V, YOSGF-O) on its McMillan gold mine project, near Espanola …
Drilling defining sulphides at Ming
A directional drilling program at the Ming massive sulphide deposit in north-central Newfoundland is showing th…
Houston Lake fills till from bulk sample (May 31, 2006)
Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) realized a profit of just over $50,000 from a bulk sampling program at its Wes…
BHP and Rio kicking Alcan’s tires?
Rumours are abounding that BHP Billiton (BHP-N,BLT-L) and Rio Tinto (RTPN,RIO-L) are mulling over a bid for Alcan …
Editorial: Sullivan tragedy grips the East Kootenays
Asphyxia’s gentle death has haunted miners since the first tunnel was dug deep into a mountainside thousands of yea…
First Nickel jumps on Lockerby extensions
Shares in First Nickel (FNI-T, FNKLF-O) jumped 18% to $1.18 in heavy morning trade in Toronto on May 29, after the …