Chinese miner makes hostile bid for Canadian Royalties
China’s hunger for natural resources has turned aggressive with an unsolicited takeover bid for nickel devel…
Canada
Rau returns more gold for Atac
Vancouver – Atac Resources (ATC-V) is gradually increasing the strike length of the high-grade oxide zone at…
Vale strikes in Canada could last into 2010
The head of the Steelworkers Union for Ontario and the Atlantic provinces says it could be four or five months…
UEX Boosts Resource At Hidden Bay Property
VANCOUVER — UEX Corp. (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) wanted to define 40 million lbs. of uranium oxide at Hidden Bay in 2009 and, in a new resource estimate for the Athabasca basin property in Saskatchewan, it has…
HudBay earns $90 million in Q2
Vancouver – HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T) failed bid to acquire Lundin Mining (LUN-T) in the spring led to a nasty …
Thompson Creek to re-start Endako moly mine expansion
Vancouver – As the price of molybdenum shows ever stronger signs of life Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) h…
Alexis adds to reserves
Alexis Minerals (AMC-T) managed a 156% increase in proven and probable reserves for its Lac Herbin gold mine i…
St Andrew Goldfields reports resource for Hislop project
The Hislop project, about 85 km east of Timmins in the Abitibi greenstone belt, contains 425,000 ounces of gol…
Uranium North defines resource at Amer Lake
Vancouver – After punching just 16 drill holes into the ground at the Amer Lake property in Nunavut, Uranium…
Iamgold holds production steady in Q2; boosts net income 33%
While Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) is down a mine this year with the closure and sale of its Sleeping Giant mine in …
Noront Resources announces $20 million financing
The Ring of Fire multi-metals district in the James Bay lowlands of northern Ontario is getting hotter for sha…
More kimberlites for Peregrine at Chidliak
Peregrine Diamonds (PGD-T) has found four more kimberlite bodies — three of them at surface — on its 9,…