Continental boosts Xietongmen resource
Vancouver – With 2006 drill data from its Xietongmen copper-gold deposit in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China …
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Revised feasibility buoys Yukon Zinc
Vancouver – Yukon Zinc (YZC-V, YZCCF-O) has tabled an “optimized feasibility study” indicating positive economics f…
Scoping study suggests Maskwa has the stuff
A preliminary economic study on the Maskwa nickel-copper deposit in eastern Manitoba says higher metal prices have …
Goldcorp gets permit for Mexican mine (January 23, 2007)
Vancouver – Goldcorp (g-t, gg-n) has received construction permits ahead of schedule for what is expected to be Mex…
Mining sector faces human resource crisis: Conference Board (January 23, 2007)
Vancouver – The Conference Board of Canada says the domestic mining sector is challenged by declining mineral reser…
Brilliant grows new nickel zone at Lanfranchi
Vancouver – Further wide, high-grade nickel intercepts at the recently discovered Deacon zone has Brilliant Mining …
Zinc-copper find in Matagami boosts Donner shares
A new zinc-copper discovery at the Matagami project in Quebec sent Donner Metals (DON-V) shares up more than 33% to…
Tyler pulls more holes at Bahuerachi
Eight recent reverse-circulation holes drilled by Tyler Resources (TYS-V) at the Bahuerachi copper deposit in south…
Bauxite shipments stopped as violence in Guinea grows
As the general strike in Guinea escalates in size and violence shipments of bauxite from Compagnie des Bauxites de …
Event: Lawrence to talk Red Lake at next Toronto CIM
Simon Lawrence, president and chief executive of Gold Eagle Mines (GEA-T), will present a talk titled “Red Lake: Hi…
Chavez inauguration chills investors
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waved the socialist banner broadly at his inauguration ceremony on Jan. 10, but comments from his finance committee eased some market concerns.
Toronto Stock Exchange January 9 – 15
The partial recovery in prices for industrial metals from recent lows helped propel the S&P-TSX Composite Index upward over the Jan. 9-15 trading period, despite oil prices remaining low. The Comp…