Volume 99 Number 26 Aug 12 - 18, 2013




Editorial: Potash earthquake

Like a sudden Saskatchewan thunderstorm, the potash market surprised everyone yet again with its capacity for drama and destruction, as everyone learned just how important the Russian-Belarusian potash cartel had been all this time in…



Jack McOuat.

Obituary: WGM’s Jack McOuat

John (Jack) McOuat, an icon of the Toronto mining scene and the last surviving co-founder of the independent geological and mining consulting firm Watts, Griffis and McOuat (WGM), died on July 30 at age 80 at the Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.




U.S. markets, July 29-Aug. 2

Mixed jobs data and comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it would keep buying US$85 billion per month in Treasury and mortgage securities were the main headlines during the trading week. Non-farm payrolls rose by 162,000 in July, which…


The exploration camp at Laramide Resources' Westmoreland uranium project in Queensland, Australia. Source: Laramide Resources

Laramide’s Henderson takes the long view

Laramide Resources (TSX: LAM; US-OTC: LMRXF; ASX: LAM) ended 2012 with an enterprise value of less than US$1 per lb. in the ground for its district-scale uranium resource in Australia and a handful of smaller projects in the U.S. — yet…


Fission’s technical team remakes the Athabasca basin

VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU) made headlines last year with the J-Zone discovery at its Waterberg uranium joint-venture in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, and the company is showing no signs of slowing down.


NovaCopper's Arctic polymetallic project in northwest Alaska's Ambler mining district. Source: NovaCopper

NovaCopper defines open-pit mine in Alaska

NovaCopper (TSX: NCQ; NYSE-Arca: NCQ) — a junior explorer that NovaGold Resources (TSX: NG; NYSE-Arca: NG) spun out early last year to explore and develop its Upper Kobuk mineral projects in the Ambler mining district of northwestern…


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