One of the more contentious showdowns in B.C. in recent years between a First Nation and a mine developer has been neatly diffused by the B.C. government, which has swept in with $18.3 million to buy Fortune Minerals’ Arctos high-quality…
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) is off to a strong start in this year’s exploration program at its promising Amaruq gold discovery, located 50 km northwest of its Meadowbank gold mine in western Nunavut, 300 km west of Hudson Bay.
Fresh off RBC Capital Markets’ 8th annual diamond conference, held in March in Toronto, Diamonds in Canada interviewed RBC mining analyst Des Kilalea in late March. Kilalea discussed the state…
Alto Ventures In April, Alto Ventures (TSXV: ATV) reported that 12 of 37 till samples taken at its West Fisher claims, 12 km northwest of North Arrow Minerals’ Pikoo project…
When Aurora Geosciences was contracted to manage the exploration program at Kennady Diamonds’ (TSXV: KDI) Kennady North project in the Northwest Territories in 2012, there weren’t any clues that the…
Copper producer Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) widens its loss in the first quarter of 2015 due to impairments at the Pinto Valley mine in Arizona and the Minto mine in the Yukon.
VANCOUVER — Excitement is building over uranium deposits outside the prolific Athabasca basin. And joint-venture partners Kivalliq Energy (TSXV: KIV; US-OTC: KVLQF) and Roughrider Exploration (TSXV: REL) are hoping to add to a growing…
Canadian engineer Ray Roussy has accepted an award from the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame for developing sonic drilling technology.
VANCOUVER — On April 21, Canadian Minister of Finance Joe Oliver tabled the country’s annual federal budget, wherein the Conservative government achieved a $1.4-billion surplus that fulfills the promise of balanced books made…
VANCOUVER — Producer Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) is hoping to step up its presence in Canada with a $17.5-million cash and share agreement for explorer Mega Precious Metals (TSXV: MGP) and its 338 sq. km Monument Bay gold-tungsten…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite took a step back during the trading sessions, losing 5.23 points en route to a 697.62-point weekly close. Losses were underpinned by falling commodity futures, as manufacturing in China declined to a 52-week…
The final week of April saw the closing of Noront Resources’ acquisition of Cliffs Natural Resources’ chromite assets in northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire region. The deal saw a last-minute bump-up in the price to US$27.5…
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