Rex Murphy gives pep talk at Roundup
The 29th annual Association for Mineral Exploration BC Roundup conference wrapped up in Vancouver with a record 8,320 delegates in attendance.
Volume 97 Number 51 Feb 6 - 12, 2012
Premier Clark promises certainty, efficiency in BC
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark highlighted a reduced permitting backlog and improved conditions for the mineral industry at AME BC’s Jan. 25 Roundup luncheon.
Commentary: Integrating geophysics and geology
There always has been, and still is, a problem integrating geophysics into geology.
Editorial: Another death at Vale’s Sudbury mines
The month of January closed out with Vale having temporarily halted all underground mining at its five nickel mines in Sudbury, Ont., following the death of a miner at the Coleman mine on Jan. 29.
Calibre and B2Gold hit long gold intercepts in Nicaragua
Calibre Mining’s (CXB-V) share price jumped to 50¢ from 19¢ with 42.5 million shares traded over two days after it announced three long gold-copper intercepts from its Primavera prospect in northeastern Nicaragua. B2 Gold (BTO-T)…
Entourage gets first sniff of high-grade gold near Hemlo
Entourage Metals (EMT-V) has added a second drill rig to its Black Raven gold prospect in the Schreiber-Hemlo greenstone belt of northern Ontario following encouraging first-pass drill results.
Patience and perseverance set to pay-off for Axmin?
Trying to build a gold mine in a sub-Saharan African country that has never had a modern mine is never an easy task. But the process seems to have been particularly arduous for Axmin (AXM-V).
Roundup highlights new discoveries in BC, Yukon and Alaska
With the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia celebrating its 100th anniversary at this year’s Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver, it was only fitting that most of the projects highlighted in the Tuesday sessions had long…