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Quest moves higher on drill results
Shares of Quest Rare Minerals (QRM-V, QRM-X) closed 25% higher at $3.23 per share on Jan. 12 after the junior announced that heavy rare earth oxides represented 22.4% to 76.5% of rare earth oxides intersected during the company’s Strange Lake…
Goldcorp falls short of production targets, again
Before Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) began commercial production at its expanded Red Lake gold mine on Jan. 1, 2001, the company was a 100,000- oz.-a-year mid-tier gold producer struggling to become a senior gold miner. But by the end of the year, Red…
Golden Predator makes gains in the Yukon
Golden Predator (GPD-T) started strong in 2012 with more drill results from the Sleeman zone at its flagship Brewery Creek deposit and a new gold discovery at Cache Creek. Golden Predator is the largest active-exploration property holder in the…
Alexis keeps busy with Lac Herbin and Snow Lake
This year will be busy one for Alexis Minerals (AMC-T) as it fixes the operating Lac Herbin gold mine in Val-d’Or, Que., and moves the Snow Lake gold mine in Manitoba closer to production.
Ryan Gold looks to a strong year after challenging 2011
When The Northern Miner visited Ryan Gold’s (RYG-V) flagship Ida Oro project last August, the company was scrambling to finish its camp and make up for lost time.
Brixton cuts mega-intercept at Thorn in BC
Brixton Metals (BBB-V) has pulled a whopper of an intercept from the Thorn project in northwest B.C., hitting 95 metres grading 904 grams per tonne silver equivalent from near surface.
Three companies better than one for Western Copper family
Convinced its portfolio of projects weren’t being adequately appreciated in the market, Yukon-focused Western Copper last year spun out everything but its flagship Casino project into two new companies.
Canada Zinc drills Cardiac Creek
Exploration and diamond drilling at Canada Zinc Metals’ (CZX-V) Cardiac Creek Sedex zinc-lead-silver deposit on its Akie property, 260 km northwest of the town of Mackenzie in northeastern B.C., started in May – and so far the company has…
Randy Turner’s Independence Gold advancing 19 properties in B.C., Yukon
With $15 million in the till, newly listed Independence Gold (IGO-V) is looking to recreate past success in B.C. and the Yukon while searching for gold and silver. The company was spun out of Randy Turner’s former Silver Quest Resources on Dec….
Goldbrook likes Jilin Jien’s offer
Goldbrook Ventures (GBK-V) is being taken out by its Chinese partner in the famed Raglan mining district.
Allegations against Winsway hurt Grande Cache Coal
Allegations of possible securities fraud against Winsway Coking Coal by an unknown research firm called Jonestown Research may spell trouble for Grande Cache Coal (GCE-T).