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Drillers targeting the Sulphurets deposit at Seabridge Gold's KSM gold-copper project in northwestern B.C. Credit: Seabridge Gold

Seabridge goes deeper at KSM in BC

Seabridge Gold’s (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) chairman and CEO Rudi Fronk says the company anticipates good news from the exploration program it has launched at its KSM gold–copper project in northwestern B.C.




Mining personnel at Pretium Resources' Brucejack  gold-silver project in British Columbia. Credit: Pretium Resources

Pretium updates Brucejack feasibility

Pretium Resources’ (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) revised feasibility study for its Brucejack gold–silver project in B.C. shows the deposit is economical, even at low gold prices.


Rubicon Minerals' Phoenix gold project in northwestern Ontario. Credit: Rubicon Minerals

Rubicon keeps Phoenix on course

Thanks to two financing deals that came through early this year, developer Rubicon Minerals (TSX: RMX; NYSE-MKT: RBY) now says  mine construction is half complete at its Phoenix gold project in Ontario’s Red Lake camp, and the…


TSX soars, June 9-13

The Toronto Stock Exchange climbed near the record high it reached six years ago, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index adding 163 points to end at 15,001.61, slightly below the record close of 15,073 set in June 2008 before the recession.


TSX Venture on the rise, June 9-13

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index finished in the black for the second straight week, up 9.88 points to close at 997.33. Oil futures were driven upward by political instability in Iraq, while the U.S. Commerce Department reported retail…



At the West Raglan nickel sulphide exploration project in northern Quebec's Cape Smith belt, from left: True North Nickel's Phil Smerchanski, vice-president of exploration; Donald McInnes, co-chair and CEO; Sean Tetzlaff, chief financial officer; and Alex Holmes, vice-president of business development. Credit: True North Nickel

Royal Nickel strikes again with True North

Less than two months after Royal Nickel (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) acquired a strategic 25% stake in Sudbury Platinum, which is advancing the Aer-Kidd nickel–cobalt–platinum group metals project in the Sudbury basin, the junior has…



Champion Iron's team discuss plans at the Fire Lake North project in northeastern Qubec.  Credit: Champion Iron

Quebec government relaunches Plan Nord

VANCOUVER — The newly elected Liberal government in Quebec is returning to the resource roots of the last Liberal government with a budget that restores Plan Nord, the strategy to encourage mineral and energy development in the…


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