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.
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New assays at Borden Lake for Probe Mines (February 14, 2011)
Assay results from the first seven holes of a second-phase drill program at its Borden Lake gold project near Chapleau, Ont., have extended the gold zone about 300 metres northwest of previous drilling, Probe Mines (PRB-V) reports.
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…
Geomega shares roar after stand-out hole
All is it took was one hole to get the market in a tizzy over Geomega Resources’ (GMA-V) Montviel rare earths property in Quebec. But what a hole it was. The hole in question assayed 1.24% total rare earth oxides (TREO) over its entire 480…
Romarco’s feasibility study on Haile is positive
Just three years after acquiring the Haile deposit in South Carolina, Romarco Minerals (R-T) has completed a positive feasibility study that demonstrates the project would have one of the lowest operating costs and highest grades of any…
With all the fuss about potash, where’s the love for phosphate?
Rising food prices have turned the conversation in many mining circles to potash, and potash juniors have benefited as they’ve been some of the best performers in Toronto over the last month.
Vale closes furnace at Copper Cliff smelter
Vale (VALE-N) closed its No. 2 flash furnace in Sudbury early on Sunday morning Feb. 6 after molten metal leaked out between the tapping block and the furnace, the company has confirmed.
Murgor finds more gold beneath open pit at Golden Arrow
Four drill holes designed to test gold mineralization below the open-pit floor at the Golden Arrow gold project in northern Ontario have not disappointed Murgor Resources (MGR-V).
Entre Gold gets off to good start at Ann Mason
Entrée Gold’s (ETG-T, EGI-X) first diamond drill hole at its 100%-owned Ann Mason porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit in western Nevada’s Yerington district returned 988 metres of copper mineralization in what Greg Crowe, the…
TMX and LSE look to create mining stock trading haven
As alternative investment platforms continue to rob business from traditional powerhouses, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSE-L) and TMX Group (X-T) are looking to stem the tide by creating their own global trading…
Editorial: TMX-LSE merger proposal shakes up Canadians
The markets have been abuzz since yesterday’s jolting 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…
Dundee Precious Metals inches forward in Bulgaria
It has taken about six years but Bulgaria has finally granted a 30-year concession to Dundee Precious Metals (DPM-T), bringing it a step closer to developing its Khan Krum deposit in Krumovgrad into an open-pit gold mine. But the company must…