High on Tibet
SITE VISIT Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China — With the Chinese government looking to use Continental Minerals’ (KMK-V, KMKCF-O) Xietongmen copper-gold deposit as a template…
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Back to Lynn Lake
It’s been a tough sell to institutional investors, but Independent Nickel (INI-V, INIFF-O) of Sudbury, Ont., has raised the money needed to proceed with an ambitious drill program at the Lynn Lake nic…
People (March 05, 2007)
Quinsam Capital — Kilian Carrarini appointed director.
Editor’s Picks: the Week’s Top Mining Stories
Even as new record, nominal highs for uranium and nickel prices were being set in the week ended Feb. 24, it was organized labour action in Canada’s railyards that grabbed the most focused attention o…
How to model windfall profits taxes
Commentary In planning a new mine, engineers can draw on a wealth of long-established procedures to prepare a finely detailed study to track construction and…
Editor’s picks: top stories of week 9
There was no difficulty coming up with the most impactful story for the week ended March 2, the ninth trading week …
Doublestar and Selkirk plan merger
Vancouver – Ruddock Creek joint venture partners Doublestar Resources (DSR-V, DOUBF-O) and Selkirk Metals (SLK-V, S…
Wesdome breaking even (March 02, 2007)
Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO-T, WDOFF-O) was a little short on production in 2006 at its Kiena gold mine in Val dOr Que…
Earnings: Northgate Minerals
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands except per-share figur…
Santoy bulk sample suggests high grade (March 02, 2007)
Underground sampling at the Santoy 7 zone on Claude Resources’ (CRJ-T, CGR-X) Seabee property in north-central Sask…
Michigan pulls Eagle approval
Michigan state authorities have rescinded an earlier decision to approve the environmental plan lodged by Kennecott…
Bravo tables Homestake Ridge gold resource
Vancouver – Bravo Venture Group (BVG-V, BVGIF-O) delivered shareholders a treat, an initial resource estimate for i…