Roxmark verifies gold resources at Northern Empire
Roxmark Mines (RMK-V) has confirmed that the Northern Empire gold mine near Beardmore, Ont., has an indicated resou…
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Arctic Star Diamond pushes ahead with nickel discovery
Sometimes exploration is like opening a box of chocolates — you never quite know what you’re going to get &n…
Rambler looks to bring Ming back to life
Vancouver – With dewatering complete and a prefeasibility study underway, Rambler Metals and Mining (RAB-V) continu…
Tarsis into zinc and silver at Goz Creek
Vancouver – Tarsis Capital (TCC-V) hit long intercepts of zinc and silver at its Goz Creek property, 180 km northea…
Titan Uranium inks agreement with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp.
While the current economic crisis sends many mining companies scurrying for cover – there are still signs tha…
Goldbard Capital cancels agreement to buy MIE Metals
The economic downturn has claimed yet another victim. Adriana Resources (ADI-V) announced today that a deal it had …
Cameco’s third-quarter earnings down 46%
Third-quarter net earnings for one of the world’s largest uranium producers and one of two Candu fuel manufac…
Vale slashes iron ore production, trims nickel output
Saying that it is “adjusting to the new global economic scenario,” iron ore giant Vale (RIO-n) is dramatically scaling back its iron ore mining in Brazil in order to cope with an estimated 20% product…
Sage Gold hopes to extend Kodiak’s discovery
SITE VISIT Jellicoe, Ont. — Nigel Lees, president and CEO of Sage Gold (SGX-V, SGGDF-o), and Bill Love, the company’s vice-president of business development, are trying to solve a geological…
Commentary: Asbestos mortality: a Canadian export
— The following is an edited version of an editorial that appeared in the Oct. 21, 2008, edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The footnotes have been removed, but are available in the…
Three on board missing plane in Guyana (November 10, 2008)
A plane contracted to do an airborne geophysical survey for U3O8 Corp. (UWE-V, UTREF-o) went missing during the afternoon of Nov. 1 in the Amazon jungle in Guyana.
Liberty shuts down nickel mines
Vancouver — Its Redstone mine has been in production for just over a year and its McWatters mine is in preproduction ramp-up, but falling nickel prices have forced Liberty Mines (LBE-t) to put both o…