Liberty puts its nickel operations on care and maintenance
Vancouver – Its Redstone mine has been in production for just over a year and its McWatters mine is in pre-producti…
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Avanti puts US$424M price-tag on Kitsault mine
Vancouver To take a crack at re-opening the Kitsault molybdenum mine, 140 km northwest of Prince Rupert, BC, Avan…
Three on board missing plane in Guyana (November 03, 2008)
A plane contracted to do an airborne geophysical survey for U3O8 Corp. (UWE-V) went missing during the afternoon on…
Sage Gold hopes to extend neighbour’s discovery
Jellicoe, Ont. — Nigel Lees, president and CEO of Sage Gold (SGX-V, SGGDF-O), and Bill Love, the company’s vice-pr…
Uranium price will rebound: analysts (Part 3)
Jeffrey Christian, managing director at New York City-based commodity consultancy CPM Group, says that the recent s…
NEMI and Aviva to merge (November 03, 2008)
Vancouver — NEMI Northern Energy & Mining (NNE. A-V, NNEMF-o),and Australian-listed Aviva (AVA-a) are merging to create a growth-oriented international coal and energy group.
First Nickel, FNX add to mine closure list
In the wake of crumbling nickel prices and mine closures, development has been temporarily suspended at a string of nickel projects, among them, First Nickel’s (FNI-T, FNKLF-o) Lockerby mine and FNX M…
Trek to Galore Creek worth the effort for Romios
Vancouver — The first hole Romios Gold Resources (RG-V, RMIOF-o) drilled at its Trek property in the Galore Creek area of B. C., about 300 km northwest of Smithers, has also proven to be a copper-gol…
Noront, Rosseau settle ahead of proxy battle
Noront Resources (NOT-V, NOSOF-o) president and CEO Richard Nemis stepped down at the company’s annual meeting on Oct. 28, but he wasn’t denied a proper send off at the at-times emotional meeting, rec…
Editorial: Loonie plunges as oil prices slide
Canada’s loonie seems to dip and dive just like any other petrodollar these days, if the week ended Oct. 25, the 43rd trading week of 2008, is anything to go by.
Rubicon drills more high-grade under Red Lake
Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-x) has cut 2.2 metres grading 42 grams gold per tonne starting at 880 metres depth on its Phoenix project, in Ontario’s Red Lake district.
It’s a long moly Storie for Columbia Yukon (October 31, 2008)
Vancouver – Step-out drilling at the Storie molybdenum deposit continues to return long mineralized intercepts for …