Last year was a busy one in Canada with respect to shareholder activism. There were high-profile proxy battles, such as those at TELUS and Canadian Pacific Railway, as well as several lower profile ones in the junior mining sector. These…
VANCOUVER — Four years after establishing an initial resource at its Freegold Mountain gold project in the Yukon, Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) has a positive preliminary economic analysis (PEA) for the project.
VANCOUVER — A preliminary feasibility study has concluded the East and West iron ore deposits at Champion Iron Mines’ (CHM-T) Consolidated Fire Lake North (CFLN) project could produce 9.3 million tonnes of concentrate grading 66%…
PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Rising out of the sea at the collision of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, Papua New Guinea is the stuff of legend for both its geological potential and punishing working environment.
VANCOUVER — Curis Resources (CUV-T) bucked two of the mining sector’s most persistent problems — creeping capital costs and rising operating expenses — with a prefeasibility study for its Florence copper project in…
Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) is getting a firmer handle on its recently acquired Cerro Moro gold project in Argentina.
Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) could become a consolidator in B.C., or prey to companies like Lundin Mining (LUN-T), Capstone Mining (CS-T) or Teck Resources (TCK-T, TCK-N), Christopher Chang of Laurentian Bank Securities argues.
Detour Gold (DGC-T) and its shareholders have something to cheer about, as the junior gold explorer has graduated to producer after completing its first gold pour at the large Detour Lake mine in northeastern Ontario, a goal the company has…
Analysts across the board are forecasting rising uranium oxide prices in 2013, underpinned by China’s drive to build a pile of new nuclear reactors. The effort is well underway with 29 units already under construction, but China is not…
VANCOUVER — As its future hangs in the balance, Canadian base metals producer Inmet Mining (IMN-T) increased its value with a global resource update on Feb. 11, which was highlighted by a 22% jump in proven-and-probable copper reserves.
Antofagasta Gold (AN-V), which recently changed its name from Windamere Ventures, says initial drilling at its Capricornio property in Chile confirms it has made a regional-scale, low-sulphidation epithermal gold discovery.
PANGUNA, BOUGAINVILLE — After more than 20 years in limbo, the small Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville is closer than ever to reopening the infamous Panguna mine.
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