Diamonds at depth at Diavik
The plan to go underground at the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories means a longer mine life and mor…
Canada
Silver Standard boosts Snowfield gold tally (March 11, 2008)
Vancouver – Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) has significantly increased gold resources at its Snowfield p…
Chinese group buying slice of N.A. Tungsten
Vancouver – A major mining company from the far east is taking a bite of the western world’s largest tungsten produ…
Yukon-Nevada narrows Ketza River focus
Yukon-Nevada Gold (YNG-T, NG6-F) has clamped down on which areas of mineralization it’s using for its resource esti…
Snowfield tumbles on bulk sample results
Vancouver – Four tiny diamonds failed to impress Snowfield Development (SNO-V) investors, sending the company’s sha…
New diamond discovery in Quebec finds rare purple stones
Dianor Resources (DOR-V) and its joint-venture partners Metalex Ventures (MTX-V) and Wemindji Exploration have co…
Hathor soars on wide, high-grade uranium at Midwest NE
Vancouver – With its stock surging in late-February after news of highly-anomalous uranium mineralized drill interc…
VMS rising on Reed Lake results
Vancouver – Strong drill results from the copper-zinc volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) discovery at Reed Lake in…
Sherritt marches to a different drummer
MOA BAY, CUBA — Sherritt International (S-T, SHERF-O) is a resource company built 80 years ago from the bricks of a Canadian nickel miner.
Staking continues apace in ‘Ring of Fire’
The Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) base metal discovery has spawned a staking rush in the swampy lowlands of northeastern Ontario, just southwest of James Bay. As of mid-February, juniors had stake…
Kodiak invigorates forgotten gold camp
SITE VISIT BEARDMORE, ONT. — Multi-ounce gold grades from Kodiak Exploration’s (KXL-V, KXLAF-O) Hercules project, located in the B e a rdmore – Geraldton greenstone belt of northwestern Ontario, have…
Richmont raises reserves (March 03, 2008)
While Richmont Mines (RIC-T, RIC-X) increased production only slightly in 2007, it raised gold reserves significantly, to 361,000 oz. gold from about 49,000 oz. the year before as a result of its expl…