Cigar Lake flooded
Vancouver — Mine development at Cameco’s (CCO-T, CCJ-N) 50%-owned Cigar Lake uranium project in the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan was dealt a blow recently, when a rock fall caused major f…
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Zinc recycling in the North (October 30, 2006)
Doubtless helped by the price of zinc, two former Arctic zinc producers, both operated by Cominco, are getting second looks by junior explorers bent on showing that resources left behind when the mine…
UEX delivers hot uranium hole from Hidden Bay (October 30, 2006)
Vancouver — Drilling by UEX (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) on its Raven-Horseshoe deposit, situated on the Hidden Bay property in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, intersected the highest-grade uranium values encoun…
St Andrew buys Holloway assets from Newmont
St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T, SASXF-O) has agreed to buy subsidiary Holloway Mining from Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N), moving the Holloway and Holt-McDermott mines and a large land package into the St…
Campbell offering held up
A rights offering by Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) to assist the restructuring of the financially troubled company is ready, its final prospectus having been approved by securities regulators. B…
Pardo trenching delivers significant values for Endurance
Vancouver — Trenching by Endurance Gold (EDG-V) on its Pardo property, located 65 km northeast of Sudbury in northern Ontario, has returned a significant interval of gold mineralization.
Northgate extends Young-Davidson
Four holes drilled this summer by Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) have confirmed that two gold-mineralized zones at the Young-Davidson mine west of Matachewan, Ont., continue to depth, and permits a…
Titan-Dejour combining uranium assets
Vancouver – Titan Uranium (TUE-V, TUEFF-O) plans to acquire all of Dejour Enterprises’ (DJE-V, DJEFF-O) uranium pro…
CVRD wipes out Inco board
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) is wasting no time putting its stamp on its newest acquisition, Inco (N-T, N-N),…
Strateco cuts high-grade uranium at Matoush
Vancouver – Drilling by Strateco Resources (RSC-V, SRSIF-O) on its Matoush uranium project in northern Quebec’s Oti…
CVRD and Inco meet the press
A day after announcing that Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) had acquired 76% of Inco’s (N-T) shares and were clos…
Cumberland offloads Meliadine interest (October 25, 2006)
Vancouver – Deciding to focus on its key asset, the Meadowbank gold deposit near Baker Lake in eastern Nunavut, Cum…