Roca commences moly production at Max
Vancouver – Molybdenite concentrate output has begun at Roca Mines’ (ROK-V, ROCAF-O) Max mine located 60 km southea…
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Queenston seeing gold and copper from Upper Beaver
Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T) drilling program on the porphyry and syenite breccia zones at the Upper Beaver property …
Bayswater benefits from near-surface uranium grades at Anna Lake
Uranium intersections from the Central Mineral Belt in Labrador that stretched up to 40 metres in length gave Baysw…
Is a Cassiar Revival in Sight?
SITE VISIT Cassiar, B.C. — For more than 10 years, Cassiar was a ghost town. The northern B.C. town had thrived on an asbestos mine for 40 years but in…
Canadian Royalties Dashes Ahead With Nunavik
SITE VISIT Kangiqsujuaq, Que. — A stone figure peers down at the cluster of tents and stacked crates of drill core samples at Canadian Royalties’ (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) Mequillon camp, part…
Quebec Miners Clean Up Tainted Past
Kangiqsujuaq, Que. — At first glance, a sizable heap of old rusty barrels on the perimeter of Canadian Royalties’ (CZZ-T, CRYAF-O) Expo camp in Nunavik, Que., looks like a mini garbage dump.
Yukon Zinc in $140M Float
Yukon Zinc (YZC-V, YZCCF-O) has announced a $140-million financing for its Wolverine zinc project in the southeastern Yukon.
Alberta Star Intersects Base Metals, Silver at Echo Bay
Alberta Star Development (ASX-V, ASXSF-O) has intersected multiple zones of base metal and silver mineralization on a prospect near the old Echo Bay silver mine on the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake…
Donner cuts more high-grade zinc at Matagami
Vancouver – Drilling by Matagami project partners Donner Metals (DON-V, DONFF-O) and Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) has t…
Campbell Resources banks on Chibougamau
SITE VISIT Chibougamau, Que. — Like a phoenix, Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O), which emerged from the ashes of creditor protection in March, is hoping to reach new heights at Chibougamau,…
Uranium industry finds downside to the boom
The commodity boom is stretching mining resources to the limit across all sectors in the industry, but nowhere are shortages of manpower and equipment more pronounced than in the field of uranium expl…
Mantle hits zinc in Akie stepout
Vancouver — Stepout drilling by Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O) on its Akie zinc project, in northeastern B.C., hints at the expansion potential of the Main Cardiac Creek zone.