MABC honours O’Rourke, Pease
The Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC) has co-awarded Jim O’Rourke of Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) and Robert Pease of Terrane Metals as 2010’s “Mining Person of the Year.”
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Global mining giants eye Quesnel Trough
British Columbia’s Quesnel Trough could see heightened exploration this year now that several international majors have taken an interest.
ArcelorMittal invests $2.1B in Quebec
ArcelorMittal (MT-N) is spending $2.1 billion to expand its Mont-Wright mining complex and Port-Cartier pellet plant near Fermont in northern Quebec.
Pacific NW Capital drills PGMs at River Valley
Harry Barr grew up on a family farm in Ontario’s Ottawa Valley and studied agribusiness at Guelph University, but when his uncle Mel asked him to help run a placer gold mine in the jungles of Colombia, a future career in mining became set in…
BHP greenlights Misery at Ekati
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) has given a thumbs-up to its Misery open-pit project at the Ekati diamond mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T.
BC’s NW Transmission Line gets environmental approvals
Mining projects in British Columbia’s northwest are another step closer to tapping into the provincial grid after the federal government gave the environmental go-ahead for the Northwest Transmission Line.
NovaGold’s CEO chats about progress, George Soros
Vancouver – NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-N) held its first live broadcast of the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders on May 25, with long-time chief executive officer Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse providing a pleasing roundup of the…
Claude hits high grade gold
A high-grade intercept lifted Claude Resources’ (CRJ-T, CGR-X) shares on a day when the yellow metal itself was climbing high. With gold reaching the US$1,525 per oz. level, news of Claude’s intercept lifted the company’s shares by 3% or…
North Country Gold ramps up exploration
Since graduating with a geology degree from the University of Alberta in 1988, John Williamson has founded ten junior resource and mining companies with assets across Canada, Western Australia, South America and Africa. He has helped raise over…
Late rally leaves Venture down only slightly in May 16-20 period
Vancouver – A market rally in the latter half of the May 16 – 20 period saved the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index from another period of sharp decline. The index ended at 2,031.44 points, down only 6.78 points after declining almost…
$80B Plan Nord aims to attract more miners to Quebec
Up until about two months ago, management at Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-V) thought the company might have to come up with as much as $70 million in a public-private cost-sharing partnership to build the Otish Mountain Road, which will…
Agnico-Eagle digs deeper in Quebec (May 23, 2011)
Agnico-Eagle Mines’ (AEM-T, AEM-N) Goldex, Lapa, and LaRonde gold mines in Quebec are getting a slice of the company’s largest-ever US$145-million global exploration program this year.