Exploration heats up in White Gold district
As the Yukon emerges from the spring melt, investors are once again looking to the territory for exciting news after a winter lull.
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Orbite produces first test aluminum
Shares in Exploration Orbite (ORT.A-V) have had a wild ride over the last year – moving from a low of 12.5¢ a share in July 2010, to a high of $5.69 on April 12, before slipping to the $3 range during the recent market slowdown.
Obituary: Remembering ‘Jimmy Mac’ McDougall
James John (Jim) McDougall died in April at 86 years old.
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Alderon Resource – Todd Burlingame appointed executive VP of environment & aboriginal affairs; Gary Norris appointed executive VP of government & community affairs.
Sabina to sell Hackett, turns to gold for growth
Nunavut-focused junior explorer Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) is selling its 100%-owned Hackett River silver-zinc project, located near Bathurst Inlet in northern Nunavut, to Swiss mining powerhouse Xstrata (XTA-L).
Chidliak flaunts four new kimberlites
During the ongoing 2011 diamond exploration program at the Chidliak project in Nunavut, joint-venture partners Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) and BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) have already found another four new kimberlites: CH-52, CH-53, CH-54 and…
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Ursa gets in the ring with Forbes & Manhattan
Struggling junior nickel miner Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T) has told Stan Bharti’s Forbes & Manhattan group to put up its dukes and prepare for a fight at the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders in Toronto on June 23.
Ct Lake: Ontario’s next great deposit
There is no debating that Trelawney Mining’s (TRR-V) Côté Lake deposit is big. But the question on the minds of many junior gold investors is: Just how big?
Bralorne pours first dor bar from historic BC gold mine
Vancouver – Seventy-nine years after the first gold brick was poured from one of British Columbia’s richest and largest gold mines, Bralorne Gold Mines (bpm-v) has restarted operations at the Bralorne complex. The company poured the first…
Banro raises funds for Congolese hospital
The Banro Foundation, a charity created by Canadian gold explorer Banro (BAA-T, BAA-N) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, raised $80,000 for the Panzi Hospital in the eastern part of the country.
Aurizon expands resource at Hosco
Drilling in the last three quarters of 2010 and January 2011 has boosted by 31% the in-pit measured and indicated resource at Aurizon Mines’ (ARZ-T, AZK-X) Hosco deposit, part of the gold producer’s Joanna project in northwestern Quebec.