Volume 96 Number 35 - Oct 18 - 24, 2010

Core samples from Canada Lithium's Quebec Lithium project in Lacorne Township, 60 km north of Val d'Or, Que.

Quebec Lithium lifts Canada Lithium shares (October 18, 2010)

Canada Lithium (CLQ-T, CLQMF-O) is gearing up to put its flagship Quebec Lithium project into production by late 2012.The company recently completed pilot-scale tests at the past-producing deposit near Val d’Or, Que., and reported that the…


Consultant Lamont Leatherman notes a spodumene pegmatite outcrop at North Arrow Minerals' Beaverdam project.

North Arrow lays claim on NC’s lithium

With the brines of South America and the pegmatites of Quebec grabbing most of the lithium mining attention these days, the world’s former number one producing area can be forgiven for feeling a bit unloved.North Carolina’s tin-spodumene belt…


Scoping study out for Bear Lodge

VANCOUVER — With the hunt on for stable sources of rare earth elements (REEs), Rare Element Resources (RES-V, REE-X) has released a scoping study on its Bear Lodge REE project in Wyoming.The study concentrates on the near-surface oxide…


Commerce expands Eldor REE drilling

VANCOUVER — Long, well mineralized hits from a new zone have prompted Commerce Resources (CCE-V) to extend the drill program at its Eldor rare earths project in northeast Quebec, while it awaits the …


HudBay bids for Norsemont (October 18, 2010)

HudBay Minerals (hbm-t, hbm-n) is looking to venture farther south than it ever has before to acquire its next project. The company has made a friendly $520-million pitch to Norsemont Mining’s (nom-t) shareholders in the hope of nabbing…


Safari Mac OSX with Word

& Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) International Convention are nailed into place, there are indications both that the convention is looking at another successful year, and that the mining and mineral exploration sector is doing…


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Any company whose stock has moved from 93¢ per share to a high of $8.00 over the course of a year deserves a closer look, and so it is with Amazon Mining Holding (amz-v).  


PEOPLE (October 18, 2010)

AM Gold — Gerald Aberle resigns as president and CEO but remains COO and a director; John Fiorino appointed CEO and a director.


An old milling facility near the Semna gold deposit in Egypt. It was once operated by the British but is now one of Alexander Nubia's holdings.

The newest play on the Egyptian gold scene

While Centamin Egypt (CEE-T, CEY-L) has become synonymous with modern gold mining in Egypt, another, much smaller player, is looking to steal a bit of its thunder in the land of the pharaohs.


Geologist Nicole Lasanen stands in front of a drill on hole 21 at the Llama Lake Zone at Sabina Gold & Silver's Back River project in southwest Nunavut.

Sabina rises 260% since May

VANCOUVER — With two new gold zones at Back River and two expanding deposits at Hackett River, Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) is having a fantastic 2010, evidenced by a share price that has quadrup…



Chilean miners’ rescue a glorious success

The amazing story of 33 miners rescued from the San Jose copper-gold mine near Copiapo, Chile, captured the hearts of millions around the world since the mine workings around them collapsed on Aug. 5,…


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