Newmont bids for Fronteer
Newmont Mining (NEM-N) is the latest to join the wave of merger and acquisition activity that is washing over Canadian mining companies.
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New hope from old regime in CAR?
With all of the unrest in Egypt, Tunisia and Côte d’Ivoire, Africa could use a story of peaceful politics more now than ever.
Roundup: Atac, Kaminak gear up for 2011
Vancouver – In a couple of packed sessions at the Mineral Exploration Roundup in late January, leading Yukon gold explorers Atac Resources (atc-v) and Kaminak Resources (kam-v) laid out their plans for stepped up exploration in 2011.
Canadian gov’t tightens TFW regulations
Whether your company currently employs temporary foreign workers (TFW), or whether your company may do so in the future, you need to be aware of the new Temporary Foreign Worker Program regulations that will come into force on April 1, 2011.
Canadian coal miners riled by US deal with Ridley Terminals (February 14, 2011)
British Columbia and Alberta coal producers have accused a federal Crown corporation of “putting American jobs ahead of Canadian jobs” after St. Louis-based Arch Coal (ACI-N) announced a five-year deal to ship Powder River basin coal from the…
The case for tungsten
While gold, silver, copper and rare earths have been drawing much of the markets’ attention in the metals space recently, another metal has been quietly gathering steam.
Pacific North West takes 100% of River Valley
Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T, PAWEF-O) is acquiring Anglo Platinum’s (AGPPY-O) 50% interest in the River Valley platinum group metals (PGM) joint-venture project in northern Ontario, one of Canada’s largest primary PGM deposits, bringing…
Avalon bulks up Nechalacho
Avalon Rare Metals (AVL-T, AVL-X) has added significantly to the indicated and inferred resources at its Nechalacho rare earth elements (REE) deposit in the Northwest Territories after a summer of drilling.
Seabridge grows gold resource in NWT
Drilling last year to upgrade inferred resources to higher categories at Seabridge Gold’s (SEA-T, SA-X) Courageous Lake deposit northeast of Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has increased measured and indicated resources, improved…
Geomega shares roar after stand-out hole
All is it took was one hole to get the market in a tizzy over Geomega Resources’ (GMA-V) Montviel rare earths property in Quebec. But what a hole it was. The hole in question assayed 1.24% total rare earth oxides (TREO) over its entire 480…
Romarco’s feasibility study on Haile is positive
Just three years after acquiring the Haile deposit in South Carolina, Romarco Minerals (R-T) has completed a positive feasibility study that demonstrates the project would have one of the lowest operating costs and highest grades of any…
With all the fuss about potash, where’s the love for phosphate?
Rising food prices have turned the conversation in many mining circles to potash, and potash juniors have benefited as they’ve been some of the best performers in Toronto over the last month.