Vancouver — For more than a dozen years, British Columbia has closed more mines than it has opened, and if this trend continues, only one metal mine and a few coal mines could be left operating by 2014. With stronger commodity prices and easier a…
On the surface, River Gold Mines (RIV-T) is an unappealing story. Despite a robust gold price, the domestic producer lost nearly $1 million in 2003, the victim of a higher Canadian dollar and increasing costs. “Unforeseen challe…
Having closed its $17-million purchase of the mothballed, underground Beaver Brook antimony mine in central Newfoundland, VVC Exploration (VVC-V) is preparing to resume commercial mining on The Rock before the end of the year.
Having just acquired a controlling stake in the “jeweler to the stars,” Aber Diamond (ABZ-T) has installed Thomas O’Neill as chief executive officer of Harry Winston.
Vancouver — An independent prefeasibility study has concluded that the Chile Colorado zone on Western Silver‘s (WTC-V) Penasquito property in Mexico can be mined economically. The study by Arizona based M3 Engineering & Technol…
Over the period ended April 20, America’s big coal producers dominated the greatest-value-change list, with Peabody Energy leading the way by rising US$1.35, to US$48.
Robust prices for silver and zinc have prompted Vancouver-based Atna Resources (ATN-T) to renew its exploration efforts in the Yukon, including the Wolverine joint venture in the Finlayson Lake region.
Finding new mining frontiers in a country that has been scoured with modern exploration methods can be a daunting task, but joint-venture partners Canadian Gold Hunter (CGH-T) and Rare Earth Metals (REM-V) app…
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