Karnalyte sees swan in ugly duckling carnallite
Robin Phinney thought he had put a successful career as a chemical engineer behind him, but the search for the world’s next great potash deposit proved too enticing to resist.
Canada
Rockcliff intersects more copper, zinc at Lon
Rockcliff Resources’ (RCR-V) 100%-owned Lon deposit, part of the company’s 660-sq.-km Snow Lake volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Manitoba’s Flin Flon greenstone belt, remains open in all directions and recent drill results…
Crowflight’s fresh start at Bucko Lake
With a new management team, a few hundred million more shares outstanding, a new head-office city, and a different mining strategy all instituted in recent months, Crowflight Minerals (CML-T) looks to be the same company in name only, and even…
Premier updates Hardrock
After two years of exploration, measured and indicated resources have jumped by 269% to 2.5 million oz. at Premier Gold Mines’ (PG-T) 70%-owned Hardrock gold project near Geraldton in northwestern Ontario. Inferred resources have grown by…
Golden Predator extends mineralization at Brewery Creek in Yukon
Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) successful winter drill program has hit several encouraging intercepts and expanded known mineralization eastward at its Brewery Creek gold project in the Yukon.
Cadillac Ventures intersects 582 ft of 0.39% copper at Thierry
After forty years in the business Norman Brewster knows a thing or two about developing mining projects.
Ethos has the cash to turn the drills
Armed with cash, Ethos Capital (ECC-V) is ready to begin some serious exploration work in both the Yukon and Mexico. As gold and silver prices were falling, the company brought some good news to junior mining investors, as it announced the…
Iamgold sees big potential at Niobec (May 04, 2011)
Vancouver – By re-evaluating the mining method at its niobium-producing Niobec mine in Quebec, Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) has established that it could drastically increase the contained resource and production with a switch to bulk mining.
Venture closes down in April 25-29 period
Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Exchange had a mixed week but ultimately ended down 29.5 points at 2,252.14 points in the April 25 to 29 period. Volume was down significantly from the period before, dropping 60 million trades a day to an…
Sona finding its gear in southern BC
A mistake at the lab turned out to be good news for Sona Resources (SYS-V).
People (May 02, 2011)
Alcoa – Mohammad Zaidi retired as chief technology officer; Ray Kilmer appointed chief technology officer; Dina Shapiro appointed director of marketing communications and branding.
Kaminak starts $15M Yukon drill program
After one of the most successful initial drill programs in the Yukon last year, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) is back with plans to drill up to 45,000 metres in 2011 on its 100%-owned Coffee gold project in the White Gold district.