Permitting delays Labrador Iron's DSO mine 
VANCOUVER -- While moving towards a direct-shipping iron ore (DSO) operation in Labrador, a few problems have surfaced for Labrador Iron Mines Holdings (LIM-T).
The company is working to commission a multi-stage open-pit mine at its...
Rockland looks for lost Retty Lake deposit 
New junior Rockland Minerals (RL-V) is on the hunt for a mystery copper-nickel-platinum group metals (PGM) deposit in the southern Labrador Trough along the Quebec-Labrador border.
Rockland is waiting for the results of a recent airborne...
Maudore boosts gold resource at Comtois 
VANCOUVER -- Deeper drilling and better gold prices have allowed Maudore Minerals (MAO-V, MAOMF-Q, M6L-F) to more than double the gold resource at its Comtois project, near Val d'Or, Que., to 1.2 million contained ounces.
The initial 2002...
Fraser Institute: Quebec loses limelight 
After being named the world's best place to mine for three consecutive years, Quebec falls to third spot, according to the recent Fraser Institute's Survey of Mining Companies: 2010 Mid-year Update.
Respondents included more than 400...
Consolidated Thompson hits key milestone at Bloom Lake 
In late July Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines or CLM (CLM-T) shipped the first iron ore concentrate to its Chinese partner WISCO from the company's Bloom Lake mine on the south end of the Labrador Trough, an area spanning northeastern Quebec...
Goldbrook advances Nunavik 
Construction of the Nunavik nickel project in Ungava, Que., is back on track with a startup goal of early 2012 now that Jien Canada Mining, a subsidiary of China's Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co., has approved a $122.4 million budget for this...