Golden Dawn Minerals (gom-v) wants to breathe mining life back into Greenwood, B.C., for the third time. The small town of some 600 souls in south-central B.C. saw its fortunes swell at the turn of the last century and again in the 1950s, both…
The second week of 2011 was a breathtaking one in the Canadian base metals scene, with three substantial deals.
There is a modern “gold” rush underway in British Columbia, led by copper, gold and steel-making coal developments. To ensure all British Columbians share the economic benefits from mineral exploration and mining, a dedicated government effort…
Thermo Fisher Scientific (tmo-n) will demonstrate its newest Niton handheld XRF analyzers at Mining Indaba 2011 on Feb. 7-10 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa.The analyzers can quickly determine the elemental…
Mining consultancy firm SRK has appointed Michael Armitage as chairman.Armitage, a geologist by profession, has worked in the industry for 25 years, 20 of them at SRK. He replaces SRK’s chairman of 15 years, Nick Rigby.”I bring to the role an…
Trevali Renewable Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trevali Resources (tv-t), has awarded Peru-based TECSUR a contract to build the power transmission line from its Santander silver-lead-zinc mine to the Peruvian national grid, Sistema…
Irvin Joseph (Bud) Laporte (b. 1933) died on Jan. 12, at the age of 78, in North Bay, Ont., after a battle with cancer. He was the husband of Shirley (predeceased) and a father and grandfather.Laporte started working in the diamond drilling…
Eaglecrest Explorations (eel-v) turned in some interesting results from a first-pass sampling program at its Fredonia gold project in Colombia. The highlight assay returned 8.25 grams gold per tonne and 47.5 grams silver per tonne and came from…
Joint-venture partners Geo Minerals (gm-t) and Inmet Mining (imn-t) have resumed drilling on a copper porphyry target at the Middle Mountain property in south-central Arizona.At least two reverse circulation (RC) holes are planned to test for…
In December Stornoway Diamond (swy-t) struck a deal with provincially owned Soquem to buy the remaining half of the Renard diamond project in Quebec.Under the proposed agreement, Diaquem, a wholly owned subsidiary of Soquem, will receive…
On the back of its flagship 5-million-oz. Rainy River gold project in northwestern Ontario, Rainy River Resources (rr-v) has closed a $75-million bought-deal financing just as gold is starting to lose a little of its lustre.The private…
With platinum prices expected to climb further in 2011, Canada’s biggest platinum producer had little trouble raising $348 million to help pay for the first phase of its Eastern Limb development plan in South Africa. In an equity…
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