Good drill results but no resource estimate for Evolving Gold
Long gold intercepts from Evolving Gold’s (EVG-V) Rattlesnake Hills project in Wyoming weren’t enough to prope…
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US equities wobbly on recovery concerns, Aug. 16-20
New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits climbed to a nine-month high during the Aug. 16-20 trading week, fue…
First resource out for Probe Mines’ Black Creek
Probe Mines (PRB-V) has received the first resource estimate for its 100%-owned Black Creek chromite deposit, …
Probe, Noront split JV property
VANCOUVER — Probe Mines (PRBV) PRBV) and Noront Resources (NOT-V) have agreed to end their joint venture on the McFauld’s Lake project in Ontario’s James Bay Lowlands, by splitting the property.
Marathon PGM continues to extend Leprechaun
VANCOUVER — Marathon PGM (MAR-T) has pulled some significant drill results from the Valentine Lake gold project in central Newfoundland, about half-way through its summer exploration program.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rockland looks for lost Retty Lake deposit (August 23, 2010)
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…
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…
The key players in Quebec’s lithium scene
SITE VISIT Nemiscau, Que. — Quebec has earned a reputation for being one of the world’s best mining jurisdictions. So it seems only fitting that lithium — widely touted as the metal of the future — would be found in great abundance in the…