Perseverance pays off for Northern Freegold
SITE VISIT Carmacks, Yukon — Bill Harris has been prospecting around Freegold Mountain since the 1960s. For 20 years Bill, his father Glen, and their good friend, Fritz Gruder, worked…
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First Metals set to be a miner
SITE VISIT Rouyn-Noranda, Que. — First Metals (FMA-T) is nearing the finish line in its race to bring the past-producing Fabie Bay open-pit and underground copper mines in Quebec’s Noranda…
Northgate’s Ke-mess
Vancouver — After a prolonged environmental review process, a joint federal-provincial panel has recommended against development of the Kemess North copper-gold deposit, in north-central British Colu…
Virginia adds to Coulon JV after positive summer exploration (September 24, 2007)
Breakwater Resources (BWR-T, BWLRF-O) shares were among the busiest in Toronto recently on good news from the company’s Coulon joint-venture in Quebec with Virginia Mines (VGQ-T, VGMNF-O).
Extended zones for Pure Nickel (September 24, 2007)
The final 8 of 19 diamond-drill holes on Pure Nickel’s (NIC-T, PNCKF-O) Fond du Lac nickel-copper property, in northern Saskatchewan, have confirmed extensions of nickel mineralization.
Kinross helps fund Queen’s professorship
Kinross Gold has partnered with the Department of Mining Engineering at Queen’s University to establish the Kinross professorship in mining and sustainability.
Blimpin’ your ride
Last year, warm weather closed the ice road to the Diavik diamond mine on March 26 — a full two weeks earlier than usual. Diavik, a joint venture of Aber Diamond (ABZ-T, ABER-Q) and Rio Tinto (RTP-N,…
Suppliers News (September 24, 2007)
ABB to supply mine winders
Birch Mountain looking for buyer (September 21, 2007)
Birch Mountain Resources (BMD-T, BMD-X) has appointed a financial advisor to help assess “strategic alternatives” f…
Ring around the Double Eagle … and the stocks fall down
McFaulds Lake explorers watched their stocks fall back today after benefiting from Noront Resources (NOT-V) recen…
Review panel gives Kemess North a no
Vancouver – A prolonged decision process administered by a joint federal-provincial environmental review panel has …
TTM drills over half-km of moly at Chu
Vancouver – Second phase drilling by TTM Resources (TTQ-V, TTMRF-O) at its Chu molybdenum project near Vanderhoof i…