San Gold sees Rice Lake ounces grow
Vancouver – Armed with a new report on its Rice Lake project, San Gold (SGR-V, SGRCF-O) has tabled an increased res…
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Suppliers News (December 12, 2006)
MTI’s Lipic NOBA’s entrepreneur of the yearThe 20th annual Northern Ontario Business Awards has given its Entre…
Lundin affiliate hits snag with termination letter in Iran
Vancouver – Union Resources (UCL-A), an Australian affiliate of Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LUMI-S) appears to have hit …
Murray Pezim award given to Lundin
The Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC) recently announced that its Murray Pezim Award for perseverance…
New Cantech more than doubles Lucky Ship moly resource
Vancouver – An updated resource estimate on New Cantech Ventures’ (NCV-V, NCTVF-O) Lucky Ship molybdenum deposit, l…
Millstream returning to Potter project
Timmins-based junior Millstream Mines (MLM-V) will resume drilling at the Potter massive-sulphide property in Munro…
Platinum’s future looks bright
Vancouver — If silver’s moniker is the poor man’s gold, platinum’s buoyant price performance must certainly place it in the running as a much richer man’s precious metal. However, despite the lofty p…
A little rough
Strapped for cash, Tahera Diamond (TAH-T) is counting on a $30-million private placement from Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T, TCK-N) to help stem the tide while it attempts to right the underperforming Jericho…
Coal train gaining momentum
Vancouver — Canadian coal producers, eyeing forecasts of rising consumption in Asia, are gearing up to take advantage of buoyant prices by expanding their thermal and coking coal operations within th…
The looming staff crunch for mining companies
Slow times in mining over the past couple of decades have changed into a time of high activity, buoyed by strong demand for commodities. As mining companies contemplate their next projects, they may b…
NAP posts better Q3
Production performance from the problem-plagued palladium producer Lac des les improved for the third successive quarter, owner North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-X) reports.
HudBay budgets $45M on exploration, development
As part of a plan to develop marginal deposits while metal prices are high, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) will spend $8.5 million on a program of infill drilling, a bulk sample and a feasibility study on th…