Consolidated Thompson looks to consolidate
Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (CLM-V) may be looking to consolidate iron ore projects along the Quebec and Labra…
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UEX sees more high-grade uranium from Shea Creek (November 21, 2006)
Vancouver – Further high-grade uranium values were encountered in drilling by UEX Corporation’s (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) jo…
Lake Shore boosts Timmins West resource
Vancouver – Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSGGF-O) delivered a significant resource increase at its Timmins West project …
Iceberg Proves Diamond-Bearing but Shows Low Count
Despite disappointing microdiamond counts from the newly discovered Iceberg kimberlite, Indicator Minerals (IME-V, IMEEF-O) remains enthusiastic about the potential of the Darby project, where some 95…
Gold Reach Cuts Wide Copper at Seel
Vancouver — Gold Reach Resources (GRH-V, GRHFF-O) delivered a strong copper intercept from its Seel project, located about 120 km southwest of Houston, B.C., prompting a trading flurry in the junior …
Barrick Waives Minimum Tender Condition in NovaGold Bid
Vancouver — With about 20.6 million shares of NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) deposited under Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) US$16.00-per-share hostile bid, the gold major has waived the 50.1% minimum…
Imperial Metals Pulls Plug on Hostile Offer for bcMetals
Vancouver — Unable to stomach bcMetals’ (C-V, BMTLF-O) poison pill, Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) has withdrawn its unsolicited 95-per-share bid for the junior.
San Gold Drifts Into High-Grade Vein
Vancouver — Upstart miner San Gold (SGR-V, SGRCF-O) got a pleasant surprise after tying into a high-grade section of the 98 vein at its Rice Lake mine near Bissett, in southeastern Manitoba.
Murgor to Take On HudBay Properties
Montreal junior Murgor Resources (MUG-V, MUGRF-O) has signed a set of agreements with HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) to earn an interest in four massive sulphide prospects in the Flin Flon and Snow …
Nuinsco Climbs on High-Grade Nickel Concentrate
Metallurgical test results from Nuinsco Resources’ (NWI-T, NUIRF-O) wholly owned Minago deposit are in, and the news is good.
Nuinsco Looking at Nickel Spinoff by Year-End
Plans by Nuinsco Resrouces (NWI-T, NUIRF-O) to set up a separate company to hold its nickel assets should harden into a formal plan of arrangement this quarter, the company announced in its quarterly …
Western Canadian Coal set to start second B.C. mine
Vancouver – Efforts to transform northeastern British Columbia into a major supplier of metallurgical coal to the K…