Silver Bear CEO Hill at home in Russia’s Far East
Over the course of his career, Graham Hill has worked in some remote and challenging locations.
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TSX drops, July 6-10
Canada’s benchmark index tumbled 1.9% to 14,411.07 after a weak jobs report, the continuing debt crisis in Greece and a slump in China’s stock market. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 5.5% to 630.99,…
Editorial: No silver bullet for cybercrime
At the end of June, Detour Gold reported that its IT systems had been subject to an “illegal breach” that resulted in confidential information being “accessed and disclosed by hackers.” The stolen information included…
Site visit: Taranis hopes to take Thor to the Max
REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Taranis Resources (TSXV: TRO; US-OTC: TNREF) is eyeing an option to buy 65% of FortyTwo Metals, a subsidiary of Roca Mines, in a move to secure the Max mill facility, 60 km southeast of Revelstoke, B.C.
Commentary: What’s the best way to value mineral exploration properties?
Sensible valuation of mineral properties has become more critical through the current low phase of the market cycle. Valuation of mineral properties at the exploration stage is an area where both valuators and users of valuations need to…
Tasman’s Norra Karr on top of Europe’s wish list
VANCOUVER — The global rare earth element supply crisis in 2010 served as a “wake-up call” to businesses and governments, and future supply “poses supply security concerns,” according to a recent study commissioned…
BC government sets mandate for Mount Polley start-up
VANCOUVER — Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) has been given the green light to temporarily resume operations at Mount Polley, 56 km northwest of Williams Lake, B.C., provided the company meets a number of…
Odds ‘n’ sods: No good deeds go unpunished at drill job in the Yukon
Our company was completing a drill program out of Mayo, Yukon Territory, in February 1996. We had to build an ice bridge over the McQuesten River, plus 21 km of winter road to the top of Red Mountain (5,000 feet elevation) and complete 5,000…
Letter to the editor: Being female never held me back
In response to the Letter to the Editor entitled “Daughters – Avoid mining or geology as a career” (T.N.M., June 15-21/15),
Bathurst geologist Baldwin celebrated
A plaque honouring geologist Ben Baldwin was unveiled in May at the Promenade Waterfront in Bathurst, N.B. Baldwin discovered zinc-lead mineralization in rocks near Austin Brook as he prepared his thesis while studying at the University of New…
Suppliers news: Canpotex, Galaxy, Timetric, Pacific Coast Terminals
Canpotex hires National Steel Car to build railcars
Integra turns to crowdsourcing to find more gold
Integra Gold (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) is getting creative with the treasure trove of data it acquired last year when it bought the past-producing Sigma-Lamaque mine and mill, near its Lamaque South gold project in Val-d’Or, Que.