Western Copper Gets Go Ahead At Carmacks
VANCOUVER — The Yukon government has approved the mining licence for Western Copper’s (WRN-T, WCPCF-O) Carmacks copper project.
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Goldcliff Hits Shallow Gold In Southern BC
VANCOUVER — Drills probing beneath the Bonanza trench at the Panorama Ridge property in southern British Columbia have returned some significant near-surface gold intercepts for Goldcliff Resource (G…
Japan, China, South Korea In Energy Shopping Spree
Taking advantage of depressed prices, energy-poor but cash-rich industrial powerhouses Japan, China and South Korea have embarked on large-scale buying of energy assets.
Spring Cleaning Polar Star’s Boardroom
Leading a proxy battle is no easy task, says Polar Star Mining (PSR-V, POSRF-O) president and CEO Douglas Willock, who just got his old job back after launching and winning a proxy battle that led to …
Hathor’s Roughrider Getting Bigger
VANCOUVER — The Roughrider uranium discovery in northern Saskatchewan keeps throwing out high-grade uranium intercepts for majority owner Hathor Exploration (HAT-V, HTHXF-O).
Aboriginals Want The Option To Say ‘No’
Although the government of Ontario’s proposed new Mining Act has been well-received so far by the mining industry, there is still a great distance between what some stakeholders want and what they wil…
Timminco Merges Magnesium Assets With China’s Winca
If you can’t beat them — join them. That was the rationale behind Timminco’s (TIM-T, TIMNF-O) decision to merge its remaining magnesium extrusion assets with a private Chinese enterprise called Winca…
Chrysler, GM Woes Hit Metal Suppliers
It was a dramatic and disturbing business week in North America during the 17th trading week of the year, as large ownership stakes in GM and Chrysler swiftly wound up in the hands of the U. S. govern…
Uracan cuts more uranium at North Shore
Uracan Resources (URC-V) has intercepted uranium on the Double S zone at its North Shore project in Quebec, extendi…
BC First Nations, lobby groups, against Enbridge pipeline
First Nations, ethical and environmental groups from British Columbia were in Toronto on May 6 to protest Enb…
Major gold miners hope Goldcorp’s numbers show the way
Lower cost and more gold production proved to be the simple and the winning formula for Goldcorp (G-T) as it announ…
HudBay Minerals posts first quarter loss
Lower copper and zinc prices sent HudBay Mineral’s (HBM-T) net earnings into negative territory in the first quarte…