Gemcom taken out by private equity firms for $180 million
Vancouver – In a commodity supercycle it pays to remember that mining companies don’t go it alone. Without support …
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Aurizon looks to lower Casa Berardi costs
Gold production was up during the first quarter of 2008 at Aurizon Mines’ (ARZ-T, AZK-X) Casa Berardi underground m…
New junior goes after potash in Manitoba
A new potash explorer, Western Potash (WPX-V), officially listed on the TSX Venture Exchange today after completing…
Reed Lake still showing promise for VMS Ventures
Vancouver – Though the initial excitement over VMS Ventures’ (VMS-V) Reed Lake discovery in Manitoba has died down,…
High-grade gold intercepts at Rubicon’s Phoenix project
The Phoenix gold project’s new F2 zone in Ontario’s Red Lake District is yielding high-grade gold intercepts for Ru…
Will this goose lay a copper-nickel-cobalt egg? (May 05, 2008)
SITE VISIT NEMISCAU, QUE.–Golden Goose Resources (GGR-V, GGOSF-O) has made a copper-nickel-cobalt and platinum group elements (PGE) discovery here in the James Bay region of northern Quebec, at its Lac…
Chinese, Griffin battle over Yukon Zinc
VANCOUVER — Yukon Zinc (YZC-V) has meticulously advanced the silver-rich polymetallic Wolverine project in the Yukon for most of a decade without so much as a whiff of a takeover. Now, with the fully…
Canadian Royalties signs IBA with Nunavik Inuit
Canadian Royalties (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) is one step closer to development at its Nunavik Nickel project in Northern Quebec, now that it’s signed an impact and benefits agreement with three communities and…
Junior miners: get ’em while they’re hot
Despite a broadly declining market, the week ended April 26, the 17th trading week of 2008, proved to be a mergers-and-acquisitions extravaganza in the junior mining sector.
Ban on BC uranium exploration now official (May 05, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Uranium exploration and development has been unofficially banned in the province of British Columbia for years but now the rule is official.
Will this goose lay a copper-nickel-cobalt egg? (April 30, 2008)
Nemiscau, Que. – Golden Goose Resources (GGR-V) has made a copper-nickel-cobalt and PGE (platinum group elements) d…
New Brunswick gold for Freewest
Freewest Resources (FWR-V) continues to retrieve high grades from the rocks of southwestern New Brunswick. The …