Editorial: It’s closin’ time
Mine closings and layoffs. Yes, with metal prices pulling back sharply this past half year, we’ve finally reached that painful inflection point in the commodity cycle where mine suspensions and closin…
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Aurora works harder in face of uranium moratorium (September 01, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Aurora Energy Resources (AXU-T, AUEGF-O) is determined to keep advancing its Central Mineral Belt uranium project in Labrador despite a moratorium on uranium production in the region, and…
A growing Storie for Columbia Yukon (September 01, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate upgrading most of the Storie molybdenum deposit to the indicated category is just what Columbia Yukon Explorations (CYU-V, CYUXF-O)was aiming for with its aggressi…
Sultan drills moly, tungsten in B. C.
VANCOUVER — For Sultan Minerals (SUL-V), 5 million tonnes is the magic number. Sultan president and CEO Arthur Troup hopes another batch of drill results from its Jersey-Emerald property in the south…
Skybridge scoring good grades in Nunavut
VANCOUVER–The Downie brothers are at it again.
PC Gold looks to set Pickle Crow back in flight (August 30, 2008)
It’s not often a junior gets its hands on a former gold mine that was a “money machine” in its day and still contai…
Hathor hits homerun with first summer assays
Vancouver – After almost three months of promising scintillometer results, Hathor Exploration (HAT-V) released the …
Rubicon rises on Red Lake results
Vancouver – Another set of bonanza intercepts from the Phoenix gold project in Red Lake, Ontario, added 38% to Rubi…
HudBay Minerals files resource on Lalor Lake
Lalor Lake has the potential to become HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T) next mine in the Flin Flon greenstone belt of Manit…
Obituary: George W. Sander
George Wolfgang Sander, founder of one of Canada’s most successful geophysics surveying companies, passed away peac…
Jo shows more zinc and silver for Sabina (August 25, 2008)
Vancouver – While a frustrating delay continues to hang over its Hackett River prefeasibility study, Sabina Silver …
Baffin Island sparkles for Peregrine Diamonds
It’s not every day that you find diamonds outcropping at surface in the Arctic and some geologists will go a lifeti…