Toronto Stock Exchange – Feb. 17-23
Failing to find reasons for optimism in a sagging global economy, investors drove the S&P/TSX composite index down over the Feb. 17-23 reporting period to levels it hasn’t seen in five years. The …
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TSX Venture Exchange – Feb. 17-23
It was a red week for the S&P-TSX Venture composite index as the junior board posted a loss every day of the Feb. 17-23 trading period to close the week down 46.7 points at 878.94. Daily trading v…
Atna Primed To Pour Gold Again At Briggs
VANCOUVER — It sat idle for five years but now Atna Resources (ATN-T, ATNAF-O) is firing up the Briggs gold mine in Inyo Cty., Calif., and expects to produce its first gold dor soon.
Terrane Bites The Bullet And Delays Mt. Milligan
SITE VISIT SMITHERS, B. C. — As Robert Pease, the president and CEO of Terrane Metals (TRX-V, TRXOF-O), would later describe it, the timing of the site visit to the…
GlobeStar Undaunted By Copper’s Descent
SITE VISIT MAIMON, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — A siren wails as GlobeStar Mining (GMI-T) chairman Larry Ciccarelli addresses a crowd of more than 200 people at the Cerro de Maimon open-pit…
BC Holds Its Own
The performance of exploration and mining industries in British Columbia remained strong in 2008. Exploration spending in the province was $367 million, the second highest yearly expenditure on record…
Uranium And Iron Exploration Gain Momentum In Qubec
Over the past five years, Qubec has experienced an exceptional investment climate for mineral exploration. As of Oct. 7, 2008, more than 273,000 active mining titles were registered throughout the pr…
McFaulds Lake Discovery Spurs Staking Rush
Noront Resources’ new base metals discovery in the McFaulds Lake area in Ontario’s Far North boosted claim staking and exploration and helped Ontario reach a record number of 367,000 active claims at …
New Showings, New Metals, New Concepts
Newfoundland and Labrador’s mineral industry had another busy year in 2008, with expenditures on exploration and deposit appraisal estimated at $148 million, similar to 2007 levels. The larger explora…
Mineral Production, Exploration At All-Time Highs
Mineral production in New Brunswick reached an all-time high of nearly $1.57 billion in 2007 and about $46 million is expected to be spent on mineral exploration in the province in 2008, an increase o…
Nickel, Precious Metals Bring Record Spending Totals
Exploration and deposit appraisal spending intentions for Manitoba are estimated to be a record $135.8 million for 2008, representing a 32% increase from the $102.6 million spent in 2007.
Marathon PGM Takes The Long View
SITE VISIT MARATHON, ONT. — In the 40 years that Marathon PGM (MAR-T, MRPGF-O) president and CEO Phillip Walford has been in the mining and exploration business, he’s never seen…