PEA predicts profitable-but-pricey mine at Turnagain for Hard Creek Nickel
Vancouver – Hard Creek Nickel’s (HNC-T) sizable Turnagain nickel-cobalt deposit in northwest British Columbi…
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Alexis looks to restart Manitoba gold mine
Vancouver – A preliminary assessment of the Snow Lake mine in Manitoba concluded that a $34-million investme…
Mindoro increases resource estimate at Kay Tanda
Vancouver – Results from the latest drill program at Mindoro Resources’ (MIO-V) Kay Tanda gold-silver project …
Vale Inco Sues Striking Workers
Vale (VALE-N) subsidiary Vale Inco is suing striking members of the United Steelworkers Local 6500 in Sudbury, Ont., for $1 million over content posted on the Internet that’s allegedly encouraging vio…
People (March 08, 2010)
Alcoa — John Thuestad elected executive VP and group president of Global Primary Products, succeeding a retiring Bernt Reitan.
Atna Gets Briggs Back Into Production
Atna Resources (ATN-T) has produced a steady enough stream of gold to announce that its Briggs mine is in commercial production.
Western Potash Files Resource On Milestone
When it comes to location it doesn’t get much better than this. Western Potash Corp.’ s (WPX-V) Milestone property in Saskatchewan is 35 km southeast of one of the largest producing potash solution mi…
Uranium Energy Completes Latest Resource Estimate
VANCOUVER — Uranium Energy (UEC-N) has added another robust resource estimate to its collection of uranium projects in the United States. The company, which plans to become a producer soon, released …
Apoquindo Posts Strong Copper Intercepts At Zafranal
Drilling in February at Apoquindo Minerals’ (AQM-V) Zafranal copper-gold porphyry project 90 km northwest of the city of Arequipa in southern Peru has returned an intercept of 118 metres grading 1% co…
Northern Gold Girds For Round II At Garrison
Northern Gold Mining (NGM-V) is planning the next round of exploration drilling at its Garrison gold property near Kirkland Lake, Ont., as the assay results from the first round now come in.
Staking Intensifies For Potash, Lithium
At the end of last year, 100,000 sq. km had been staked for industrial and metallic minerals exploration in Alberta –about 24,000 sq. km of that during 2009.
Mineral Exploration Set For A Rebound
As commodity prices continue to rebound, New Brunswick’s mineral industry is expected to gain strength with a number of advanced projects anticipated to reach the mining stage in the near future. The …