Cash Minerals considers coal project revival (June 16, 2008)
Now that coal’s back in style among investors, Cash Minerals (CHX-V, CHXMF-O) has decided to dust off a two-year-old feasibility study for its Division Mountain coal property in the Yukon.
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Blockade ends at Minefinders’ Dolores project in Mexico
Two years ago, Minefinders Corp. (MFL-T, MFN-X) negotiated an agreement with the local Ejido community in which both parties agreed to work co-operatively in the development and operations of the comp…
East Asia Minerals bullish on Indonesia (June 16, 2008)
Trench sampling at its Miwah gold project, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, has returned intersections as promising as 14 metres of 9.41 grams gold per tonne, East Asia Minerals (EAS-V, EAIAF-O) says.
Firestone hits high-grade in Torlon Hill drilling
VANCOUVER — Firestone Ventures (FV-V, FSVEF-O) has been pulling some high-grade zinc-lead-silver core out of the ground at its Torlon Hill project in western Guatemala.
Antares study suggests Haquira economic
A scoping study and preliminary economic assessment of the nearsurface leachable portion of the Haquira copper deposit in south-central Peru suggest there is an opportunity for an economic operation a…
Foreign-trained engineers get licensing help in Ontario
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) has received $83,800 from the government of Ontario to develop and deliver special bridge training courses for internationally trained engineers. T…
Shore Gold proves up Saskatchewan diamonds (June 16, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A recent resource estimate for Shore Gold’s (SGF-T, SHGDF-O) Star kimberlite project in northern Saskatchewan failed to halt the junior’s slow but steady share price slide.
Rio Grande shows growth potential for Antares, Mansfield (June 16, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Three stepout holes at the Rio Grande coppergold project in northwestern Argentina returned strong intercepts for joint-venture partners Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) and Mansfield Mi…
Non-profit Geoscience BC awards scholarships
Not-for-profit organization Geoscience has awarded 11 graduate scholarships worth $5,000 to students working on mineral or oil and gas exploration-related topics in British Columbia.
Mining co-op students looking for placements
Sudbury, Ont.-area Rainbow District School Board is searching for placements for students in its recently created mining-focused high school program.
Copper Mountain hits new mineralization
VANCOUVER — The planned super pit at the revived Copper Mountain mine may have to be even bigger than designed, as the latest drilling by Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-V, CPPMF) has revealed two new mi…
ICS Copper plots fresh course at Mokambo
VANCOUVER — Capital markets have not been kind to junior companies struggling to make the transition from exploration to mine development. ICS Copper Systems (ICX-V) has adopted a novel approach to r…