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Taseko Mines president and CEO Russell Hallbauer.

Taseko takes a second swing at New Prosperity

Nearly two years after its initial environmental assessment was rejected, Vancouver-based Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) is stepping up to the plate for a second attempt at permitting its US$1.1-billion New Prosperity copper-gold project, 120 km…



Denison posts Wheeler River’s 2012 drill results

Denison Mines (DML-T, DNN-X) has wrapped up the 2012 drill programs at its 60%-held Wheeler River uranium property in Saskatchewan and plans to update the project’s resource estimate by year-end.


Nemaska Lithium is planning one big mine…

Nemaska Lithium (NMX-V, NMKEF-O) has made a splash twice in the first week of October with the release of a preliminary economic assessment for its Whabouchi lithium deposit in the James Bay region of northern Quebec and news of an off-take and…


ATAC finds new Carlin-style mineralization

ATAC Resources (ATC-V) says it has discovered a third area with Carlin-type mineralization at its Pharoah target in the Yukon. The Pharoah gold discovery was the junior’s second gold discovery this year.


Pac Booker hammered by BC gov’t denial

VANCOUVER — In a rare move, the B.C. Liberal government has opted to deny developer Pacific Booker Minerals (BKM-T, PBM-X) an environmental assessment (EA) certificate for its wholly-owned Morrison copper-gold project 65 km northeast of…



Labrador Iron Mines falls on hard times

Despite having the distinction of being Canada’s newest and only independently owned iron ore producer Labrador Iron Mines’ (LIM-T) has been on a rough ride over the last while.


Equipment at Canadian Zinc's Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver project in the Northwest Territories. Photo by Anthony Vaccaro

Unfinished business at Prairie Creek, part II

When and if the final water licence and road permits are issued, Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) will at last be in a position to get its Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver project here in the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories into…


Correction

In the article “Pretium cuts Brucejack’s resource” (T.N.M., Sept. 24–30/12), it was incorrectly stated that the company had a 24,000-metre drill program with six rigs at the project. In fact, Pretium has a total 100,000-metre…


Brigus piles on the ounces in Grey Fox update

Brigus Gold (BRD-T, BRD-X) has updated its resource estimate for the Grey Fox gold property, and the results show the company is particularly adept at pushing inferred resources up into a ballooning “indicated” category. 


Blackwater PEA drives New Gold higher

A preliminary economic assessment of New Gold’s (NGD-T) Blackwater gold project in central B.C., 112 km southwest of Vanderhoof, suggests it should generate robust economic returns, even at a gold price that is US$500 per oz. below where…


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