High-grade nickel hole launches Starfire (January 02, 2007)
Vancouver – A hot drill intercept from its Langmuir nickel project near Timmins has given Starfire Minerals (SFR-V,…
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Xstrata Nickel invests $5M in CEMI
Xstrata Nickel has invested $5 million in the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont.
UEX sees more high-grade uranium from Shea Creek (January 01, 2007)
Vancouver — Further high-grade uranium values were encountered in drilling by UEX’s (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) joint venture partner Areva Resources Canada on the Shea Creek project in the western Athabasca ba…
Resource up at Young-Davidson (January 01, 2007)
Resources at the Young-Davidson gold project near Matachewan, Ont., have grown substantially in a new estimate commissioned by Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X).
Wayside gets US$10-million loan facility
Vancouver – After an almost three-week trading halt, International Wayside Gold Mines (WGM-V, IWGMF-O) announced ar…
Ontario Club relocating to old Dominion Bank
The Ontario Club will call one of Toronto’s newest landmarks, 1 King West, its new home this March.The club, a …
Claude sells Seabee royalty (December 27, 2006)
In return for $39.2 million in cash, Saskatoon-based Claude Resources (CRJ-T, CGR-X) has struck a deal to sell a 10…
‘Culture de coeur’ sets Agnico-Eagle apart
SITE VISIT Val d’Or, Que. — “The gold, it doesn’t rot, it doesn’t eat; it just sits there and waits.” This nugget of wisdom from the late Paul Penna, founder…
Xstrata Nickel to double production by 2012
Staying alive in today’s nickel business requires big bucks, but now that Xstrata Nickel (formerly Falconbridge) has Switzerland-based Xstrata’s (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) dollars and vision behind it, the comp…
Exall shareholders approve spinoff (December 25, 2006)
Shareholders of Exall Resources (EXL-T, EXALF-O) have approved a reorganization plan that will see current shareholders receive a dividend of shares in a new company, Exall Energy, that will hold Exal…
Aurizon pours gold at Casa Berardi
Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) has poured two gold dor bars from its Casa Berardi mine in the Abitibi region of Quebec.
xHillsborough, NEMI and Anglo now coal partners
Vancouver — Hillsborough Resources (HLB-T, HLSRF-O), NEMI Northern Energy & Mining (nne.a-t) and Anglo American (AAUK-Q, AAL-L) subsidiary Anglo Coal have completed the consolidation of their nor…