Lucky Ship Moly Resource Doubles
Vancouver — An updated resource estimate on New Cantech Ventures’ (NCV-V, NCTVF-O) Lucky Ship molybdenum deposit, located 65 km southwest of Houston, B.C., shows a 133% increase in contained metal.
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Tagish Looks to Grow Skukum Creek Resource
Vancouver — Prospective precious metals miner Tagish Lake Gold (TLG-V) says its 2006 drill campaign at the Skukum Creek gold-silver property, located 80 km southwest of Whitehorse, in the Yukon, will…
Adanac Moly Making Strides at Ruby Creek
Vancouver — Adanac Molybdenum (AUA-V, AUAYF-O) is gearing up for a mid-year construction start at its Ruby Creek project near Atlin in northwestern British Columbia.
Pacifica Finding More Mineralization at Howards Pass
Large base metal deposits discovered in northern Canada during the 1970s all faced the same obstacles to development: first, the costs of building mines and mills in areas with few or no roads, and se…
Ecstall Rejects Mantle Bid
Vancouver — Ecstall Mining (EAM-V, ESMGF-O) is telling its shareholders to reject a takeover bid by Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O) that aims to consolidate Mantle’s ownership in a northeastern Bri…
Cusac Chairman Has the Power of Persuasion
Vancouver — In an era when the term “promoter” has largely gone out of style, Guilford Brett still attributes his success in exploration to an ability to convince investors that investing in mining s…
Sherwood Making Time on Minto
Vancouver — Sherwood Copper (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) reports construction at its Minto copper-gold mine in the central Yukon is about 50% complete.
Barker on Hunt for VMS Deposits at Frank Creek
Vancouver — In its hunt for massive sulphide deposits, junior explorer Barker Minerals (BML-V, BKMNF-O) is anxiously awaiting results from a couple of recently completed drill holes at its Frank Cree…
Taseko Eyes $800M Copper-Gold Mine in BC
Vancouver — Eyeing growth in British Columbia, Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) says it could cost as much as $800 million to develop a B.C. mine that would form a key building block in the company’s plan…
Regulatory Decision Stalls Alcan Smelter Upgrade
Vancouver — A planned $1.8-billion upgrade of Alcan’s (AL-T, AL-N) Kitimat smelter appears to be on hold following a regulatory decision to reject a power sales agreement between the aluminum giant a…
Imperial-Taseko Battle for bcmetals Heats Up
Vancouver — Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) recently agreed on terms of its planned takeover of bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O) with the junior, only to see a revised competing offer come forward from Tasek…
Serengeti raises exploration money for Kwanika
Vancouver – Serengeti Resources (SIR-V) has raised $5 million to fund follow-up drilling on its Kwanika property in…