Alexco Rises On Silver Wheaton Payment
VANCOUVER — On news that it received its first US$15-million payment from Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N) in December, Alexco Resource (AXR-T, AXU-X) got a nice share price lift from investors who know…
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Fronteer Readies Long Canyon Resource
Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) has released some strong grades from recent drilling on its 51%-owned Long Canyon gold project, in Elko Cty., Nev., that will be included in an initial resour…
Updated Scoping Study Beefs Up Canarc’s New Polaris
Work on a preliminary assessment for the New Polaris gold project, in northwestern B. C., has yielded improved economics for owner Canarc Resource (CCM-T, CRCUF-O).
Cost-Cutting Delays Rio Tinto’s Move Underground At Diavik Until Q3
In December, Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) said it would cut jobs and spending and sell non-core assets to manage its roughly US$39-billion debt load and the aftershocks are being felt everywhere — includ…
Hawthorne Gold Bullish On Taurus
Hawthorne Gold (HGC-V, HWTHF-O) is boosting its gold resources by buying American Bonanza Gold’s (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) Taurus gold deposit near Cassiar, in British Columbia.
Columbia Yukon Casts Wider Net
A set of seven drill holes from the Storie molybdenum deposit, near Cassiar in northern British Columbia, point to expansion potential for Columbia Yukon Explorations (CYU-V, CYUXF-O).
Bard Awaits Lone Pine Moly Resource
As Bard Ventures (CBS-V, BVTLF-O) awaits a resource estimate for its Lone Pine molybdenum project, 15 kmnorthwest of Houston, B. C., the company has received initial metallurgical testing results.
SouthGobi Sells Metal Projects To Ivanhoe
VANCOUVER–For $3 million, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is buying all the metal assets of its 79%-owned spinoff SouthGobi Energy Resources (SGQ-V, SGQRF-O), as well as extending it a $30-million line …
Dip In Dollar Good For Fortune
The drop in the Canadian dollar is good news for Fortune Minerals’ (FT-T, FTMDF-O) Lost Fox deposit at its Mount Klappan anthracite coal project, located 330 km northeast of Prince Rupert, B. C.
Alcoa Slices Spending, Workforce
VANCOUVER — Aluminum giant Alcoa (AA-N) is slashing production levels, jobs, and expenditures in an attempt to keep the company strong during these “extraordinary times”.
Healthy Potash Price Can’t Stop The Layoffs
Gold, uranium and potash have been the three bright spots for the mining sector through what has been a historically bleak period.
Teck Slashes Jobs, Coal Production
VANCOUVER– Another day, another announcement of job and production cuts: Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) is letting go of 1,400 workers and reducing its 2009 coal production target to 20 million tonnes.