Skygold and Wildrose plan to merge
Vancouver – Joint venture partners no more: Skygold Ventures (SKV-V) and Wildrose Resources (WRS-V) have decided to…
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Xstrata boosts Raglan resource (December 05, 2007)
Exploration efforts by Xstrata (XTA-L) at its Raglan nickel mine in northernmost Quebec have paid off with a substa…
Marathon’s resource grows
An updated in-pit resource estimate has boosted Marathon PGM’s (MAR-T,MRPGF-O) total resource at its palladium-gold…
True North writes book on ruby valuation
Vancouver — For True North Gems (TGX-V, TNGMF-O), finding gemstones is the easy part. The real challenge is convincing investors in a hot commodity market that rubies and sapphires are a sound commer…
Sun sets on Galore…for now
Vancouver — Just six months after NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) brought on Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) as a partner to build a mine at its Galore Creek copper-gold deposit in northwestern B.C., t…
Editorial: And these people are supposed to be serious
Well, the 47th trading week of 2007 brought more messages of consolidation, but ones that made us feel even more jaded than usual. And regulatory issues, forced into the light by anti-mining groups, m…
San Gold picks up $25M for Rice Lake
Vancouver — Following a slew of promising drill results from the company’s Rice Lake gold mine in Manitoba, San Gold (SGR-V, SGRCF-O) has announced a $25-million bought-deal private placement.
Western Canadian Coal plummets on Q2 loss
Vancouver — Western Canadian Coal’s (WTN-T, WTN-L) 2008 second quarter was not a pretty one, with the northeastern B.C. coal producer posting a whopping net loss of $43.9 million or 38 per share.
Quebec exploration spending on the rise
Mining industry professionals were crowded into every possible meeting and conference room at the Fairmont Chateau …
Kodiak cuts more Hercules high-grade (November 29, 2007)
Vancouver – Drilling by Kodiak Exploration (KXL-V, KXLAF-O) on its Hercules gold project in the Beardmore-Geraldton…
CVRD Inco changes name to Vale Inco
Say goodbye to the acronym CVRD. Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the Brazilian mining giant, has changed its name to Va…
Cross Lake’s QR gold mine reaches full production
Vancouver – Production is finally in full swing at Cross Lake Minerals’ (CRN-V) QR gold mine near Quesnel, B.C….