Rubicon prepares to defend Phoenix in court
The Wabauskang First Nation is getting more forceful in opposing Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) and its Phoenix gold project in Red Lake, Ont.
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Canada Lithium starts mine commissioning
Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) is commissioning the open pit and processing plant at its Quebec Lithium mine near Val-d’Or, Que., with first production of spodumene concentrate expected shortly, followed by lithium carbonate output early this…
Kaminak tallies 3.2M oz. gold in Yukon
The final stretch of 2012 was promising for for shareholders of Vancouver-based explorer Kaminak Gold (KAM-V). The company saw its share price rise 44% since Dec. 10 — jumping 44¢ before closing the week at $1.43 per share. Kaminak…
South American Silver invests closer to home
After taking a bruising in Bolivia earlier this year when the government revoked its Malku Khota concession, South American Silver (SAC-T, SOHAF-O) is sticking a little closer to home.
Rubicon prepares to defend Phoenix in court
The Wabauskang First Nation (WFN) is coming after Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-N) in a bid to get the government to listen.
John Felderhof’s new life after Bre-X
John Felderhof looks much thinner than when we first met at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in 2010.
Groia ground down but defiant after Felderhof’s Bre-X trial
Early in 2012, the Law Society of Upper Canada convicted Toronto securities lawyer Joe Groia of “incivility” during his defense of John Felderhof against quasi-criminal charges laid by the Ontario Securities Commission of insider…
Canada Lithium starts mine commissioning
Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) has started commissioning the open pit and processing plant at its Quebec Lithium mine near Val d’Or, Que., with first production of spodumene concentrate expected shortly, followed by lithium carbonate output early…
Premier updates Trans-Canada resource
Premier Gold Mines (PG-T) has completed a much-anticipated resource estimate on the four gold deposits—Hardrock, Brookbank, Kailey and Key Lake — that make up its Trans-Canada project in the Beardmore-Geraldton Greenstone belt.
TNM’s Mining Person of the Year: Garofalo a steady hand on the Hudbay tiller
In these times of economic and political turmoil, boring has become the new exciting.
HD Mining bulk samples controversy in BC
HD Mining wants to develop an underground coal mine in northern B.C. The resource on its property is as good as it gets in the coal world — high-quality metallurgical coal, the kind used to make steel — and there’s enough of…
Commentary: What do Quebecers think about mining and the environment?
Before gaining power in Quebec halfway through the year, the Parti Québécois was critical of Plan Nord, the Charest government’s ambitious 25-year, $80-billion blueprint for developing natural resources north of the 49th…