Study shows Lac Guret could be low-cost mine for Mason Graphite
Production at Mason Graphite’s (TSXV: LLG; US-OTC: MGPHF) potentially high-margin Lac Guéret graphite project in northeastern Quebec could start as early as 2017.
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Bullion bulls invest in Kaminak Gold
A pooled investment fund associated with billionaire mining magnate Thomas Kaplan — an Oxford-educated historian, who spends much of his spare time trying to save the world’s big cats from extinction — has become the latest…
Oceanic’s creative Sinohydro deal keeps Ungava project alive
Sinohydro, one of China’s oldest state-owned enterprises set up shortly after chairman Mao Zedong’s Communist party swept to power in 1949, says it is “willing and ready” to become an equity shareholder in Oceanic Iron…
TSX Venture hits four-week low, Sept. 28-Oct. 2
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell for the second week, losing nearly 3%, or 15.94 points, en route to a 525.56-point close. The U.S. Labor Department reported surprisingly poor economic data, as the economy added just 142,000 workers…
Toronto stocks end mixed, Sept. 28-Oct. 2
The S&P/TSX Composite Index had a turbulent week, falling 0.3% to 13,339.74, despite cutting some of its earlier losses, after positive Canadian data. The country’s gross domestic product number for July came in at 0.3%, after two…
Election 2015: Liberals, Greens and NDP Q&A on mining in Canada
With Canadians looking ahead to a federal election on Oct. 19, The Northern Miner submitted mining-related questions to the leaders of the four major political parties running across Canada. The following are the answers from the Liberal Party…
Integra Gold issues million-dollar challenge
VANCOUVER — Integra Gold’s (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) historical dataset for the former Sigma-Lamaque gold mines — in the town of Val-d’Or, Que. — has been cast open to the masses, and the rush is on for…
Mining sector forced to innovate
The mining sector is facing a Darwinian moment, delegates at the first annual Technology and Innovation in Mining conference in Toronto heard in September.
Balmoral offers a new way to play the Detour trend
VANCOUVER — Any investor on the lookout for a junior explorer offering base and precious metal exposure via emerging in-situ metal resources and strategic land positions, might take a second glance at Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR;…
US stocks end lower, Sept. 21-25
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated increasing interest rates later this year, if the labour market improves and inflation returns to 2%. The U.S. Commerce Department reported that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP)…
Stornoway’s resource rises at Renard
Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY; US-OTC: SWYDF) is halfway through building its Renard diamond mine in Quebec — the first diamond mine in the province, and one of only two currently being built in Canada — but already the project is…
TSX Venture drops, Sept. 21-25
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 1.5%, or 8.41 points, before closing at 541.50 points. The Canadian dollar hit an 11-year low during the trading period at US$74.76, while oil and base metal futures also finished in the red….