Cons Thompson seeks control of Wabush Mines
Toronto-based junior Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (CLM-V, CLMZF-O) has struck a deal to buy from steelmakers Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF-N) and Stelco (STE-T, SECNF-O) their combined 71.4% interest in t…
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Aur officially opens Duck Pond
With concentrate production well under way, and an official opening ceremony under its belt, mid-tier copper miner Aur Resources (AUR-T, AURRF-O) is off to a good start at its new, wholly owned Duck P…
Sherwood’s drilling shows Minto’s potential
Vancouver — Stepout drilling around Sherwood Copper’s (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) Minto mine in the Yukon — scheduled to begin production in the third quarter — has returned significant copper-gold mineraliza…
Geodex readies for Sisson scoping study
Geodex Minerals (GXM-V, GXMLF-O) has contracted for a preliminary economic analysis on the Sisson Brook tungsten-molybdenum- copper deposit in central New Brunswick.
Editorial: Uranium, iron ore deals take centre stage
Mergers and acquisitions continued to be the major theme of the mining sector during the week ended June 9, the twenty-third trading week of 2007.
Sultan hits big BC moly
Vancouver — Sultan Minerals (SUL-V, SLMLF-O) is being rewarded for its efforts in searching out molybdenum at its Jersey-Emerald property in southwestern B.C. — a site that once hosted Canada’s seco…
Kodiak down 23% on Caribou Lake results
Vancouver — Despite hitting additional intervals of nickel and copper sulphides, recent drill results from Kodiak Exploration’s (KXL-V, KXLAF-O) Caribou Lake layered ultramafic intrusive project near…
New resource cools Starfield
After enjoying a somewhat mysterious climb up the market in May, Starfield Resources (SRU-T, SRFDF-O) had some of the air let out of its share price on the release of a resource estimate summary for i…
Redcorp seeks $240M to build Tulsequah
Vancouver — Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T, RDFVF-O) has inked the preliminary short form prospectus paperwork for up to $240 million in financing for development and construction of its planned Tulsequah p…
Suppliers: Washington Group to join URS fold
Engineering and construction firms URS Corp. (URS-N) and Washington Group International (WNG-N) have joined the mer…
Optimistic Amex
With no major discovery to report, Amex Exploration (AMX-V) took what significance it could from recent drilling at…
Sage rallies on nickel numbers (June 14, 2007)
Vancouver – Junior explorer Sage Gold (SGX-V), a dime stock, saw its value double on over 21 million shares traded …