Volume 96 Number 52 Feb 14 - 20, 2011

From left: geologists Chris Pederson and Martin Heiligmann inspecting core at Avalon Rare Metals' Nechalacho rare-earth project in Thor Lake, N.W.T. Photo by Avalon Rare Metals

Avalon bulks up Nechalacho

Avalon Rare Metals (AVL-T, AVL-X) has added significantly to the indicated and inferred resources at its Nechalacho rare earth elements (REE) deposit in the Northwest Territories after a summer of drilling.



Seabridge grows gold resource in NWT

Drilling last year to upgrade inferred resources to higher categories at Seabridge Gold’s (SEA-T, SA-X) Courageous Lake deposit northeast of Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has increased measured and indicated resources, improved…





New hope from old regime in CAR?

With all of the unrest in Egypt, Tunisia and Côte d’Ivoire, Africa could use a story of peaceful politics more now than ever.




Roundup: Atac, Kaminak gear up for 2011

Vancouver – In a couple of packed sessions at the Mineral Exploration Roundup in late January, leading Yukon gold explorers Atac Resources (atc-v) and Kaminak Resources (kam-v) laid out their plans for stepped up exploration in 2011.


TMX-LSE merger buzz

The markets have been abuzz since the jolting Feb. 8 announcement that the London Stock Exchange and the TMX Group – operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange – plan to merge in a deal that would create an exchange…


Canadian gov’t tightens TFW regulations

Whether your company currently employs temporary foreign workers (TFW), or whether your company may do so in the future, you need to be aware of the new Temporary Foreign Worker Program regulations that will come into force on April 1, 2011.


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