Persistence Pays for Cusac Gold
When Rory Almasi died suddenly after suffering a brain aneurysm in February 2004, it was a development that no one could have predicted.
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Tagish Looks to Grow Skukum Creek Resource
Vancouver — Prospective precious metals miner Tagish Lake Gold (TLG-V) says its 2006 drill campaign at the Skukum Creek gold-silver property, located 80 km southwest of Whitehorse, in the Yukon, will…
Lucky Ship Moly Resource Doubles
Vancouver — An updated resource estimate on New Cantech Ventures’ (NCV-V, NCTVF-O) Lucky Ship molybdenum deposit, located 65 km southwest of Houston, B.C., shows a 133% increase in contained metal.
Adanac Moly Making Strides at Ruby Creek
Vancouver — Adanac Molybdenum (AUA-V, AUAYF-O) is gearing up for a mid-year construction start at its Ruby Creek project near Atlin in northwestern British Columbia.
Pacifica Finding More Mineralization at Howards Pass
Large base metal deposits discovered in northern Canada during the 1970s all faced the same obstacles to development: first, the costs of building mines and mills in areas with few or no roads, and se…
Ecstall Rejects Mantle Bid
Vancouver — Ecstall Mining (EAM-V, ESMGF-O) is telling its shareholders to reject a takeover bid by Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O) that aims to consolidate Mantle’s ownership in a northeastern Bri…
Cusac Chairman Has the Power of Persuasion
Vancouver — In an era when the term “promoter” has largely gone out of style, Guilford Brett still attributes his success in exploration to an ability to convince investors that investing in mining s…
Sherwood Making Time on Minto
Vancouver — Sherwood Copper (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) reports construction at its Minto copper-gold mine in the central Yukon is about 50% complete.
Int’l Royalty to Buy Nsr on Pascua-Lama
Vancouver — International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) has inked a deal to purchase a sliding-scale net smelter return (NSR) royalty on Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) monstrous Pascua-Lama gold deposit, whi…
Barker on Hunt for VMS Deposits at Frank Creek
Vancouver — In its hunt for massive sulphide deposits, junior explorer Barker Minerals (BML-V, BKMNF-O) is anxiously awaiting results from a couple of recently completed drill holes at its Frank Cree…
Nautilus Lines Up US$60M
Vancouver — Following a number of recent major financings, Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) looks to further build its treasury by lining up a US$60-million private placement earmarked for work on …
Paladin Becomes Uranium Producer
Vancouver — Paladin Resources (PDN-T, PDN-A) has entered the elite league of uranium producers with successful commissioning of its Langer Heinrich mine in west-central Namibia.