Strong assays for Northern Freegold in the Yukon
Results from eight more holes at Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) Freegold Mountain project in the Yukon are in and show that the company could well be on to a significant mineralized body.
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Hathor Exploration receives revised offer
Cameco Corporation (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has raised its all-cash offer for Hathor Exploration (HAT-T) by 20% from $3.75 per share to $4.50 per share, trumping Rio Tinto’s (RIO-N, RIO-L) $4.15 per share all-cash bid.
Venture edges down Nov. 7-11
Junior mining stocks maintained their slight downward trajectory in the Nov. 7-11 trading period, with the S&P/ TSX Venture Composite Index slipping 8.7 points to end at 1,641.31 points. As in recent weeks, volume remained light at an…
Golden Predator continues aggressive growth in Yukon
Few companies embody the modern Yukon gold rush more than Golden Predator (GPD-T).
Xstrata funds Raglan expansion
Raglan at Quebec’s northern limit in Nunavik is one of the world’s highest grading nickel mines. In August, Xstrata Nickel, one of Xstrata’s (XTA-L) global business units, approved a US$530-million extension project at that will develop the…
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High grades for Eagle Hill
Eagle Hill Exploration (EAG-V) has received a first resource estimate for the Windfall Lake project in Quebec’s Abitibi region, and found better grades than it expected.
Seabridge Gold advances Courageous Lake in NWT
Infill drilling this year at Seabridge Gold’s (SEA-T) Courageous Lake property in Canada’s Northwest Territories is helping upgrade inferred resources to higher categories and increasing the size and grade of the deposit, the company says,…
Victoria Gold looking to become Yukon’s next gold producer
With all the excitement about new discoveries in the Yukon, it’s easy to forget about the established deposits that could become mines in the near term.
Perseverance is the watchword at Canadian Zinc
Since Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) bought 100% of the Prairie Creek property in the 1990s, the company has invested more than $45 million and quadrupled the mineral resource. It has also advanced the zinc-silver-lead mine in the Northwest Territories…
Pretium’s Quartermain a gold bug all along
Many people often think of me as a silver-focused individual,” Pretium Resources (PVG-T) president and CEO Robert Quartermain told a crowd of around 150 in his opening remarks at a recent Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia…
Commentary: Traversing the Far North’s legal landscape
Mining companies investing for the first time in Canada’s Far North may find the experience unlike any other. This holds true not only for foreign corporations, but also for companies familiar with mining in Southern Canada.