Purepoint teams up with Cameco in Athabasca basin
It’s not often a uranium giant like Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) initiates a joint venture on one of its projects and then…
Canada
CVRD to spend US$477 million sprucing up Canadian assets
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (RIO-N) will spend US$477 million this year to maintain its Canadian nickel proje…
Lundin shuffles senior executives
Vancouver – Lundin Mining (lun-t, lmc-a, lumi-s) is making changes within its executive ranks, in a bid to facilita…
Lac Herbin sets Alexis shares on fire
The hype surrounding Alexis Minerals’ (AMC-V) Lac Herbin drill results continued today with the company’s first eve…
Alexis shares spike 48% with latest drill results
Alexis Minerals’ (AMC-V) latest drill results from its Lac Herbin gold project near Val D’Or, Que. drove shares up …
Revised feasibility buoys Yukon Zinc
Vancouver – Yukon Zinc (YZC-V, YZCCF-O) has tabled an “optimized feasibility study” indicating positive economics f…
Scoping study suggests Maskwa has the stuff
A preliminary economic study on the Maskwa nickel-copper deposit in eastern Manitoba says higher metal prices have …
Mining sector faces human resource crisis: Conference Board (January 23, 2007)
Vancouver – The Conference Board of Canada says the domestic mining sector is challenged by declining mineral reser…
Zinc-copper find in Matagami boosts Donner shares
A new zinc-copper discovery at the Matagami project in Quebec sent Donner Metals (DON-V) shares up more than 33% to…
Trigon shifts to uranium
Vancouver — Shareholders of the newly renamed Trigon Uranium (TEL-V, TELWF-O) have to be happy with its diversification from diamonds into uranium earlier this year, especially in light of surging pr…
Shear recovers its largest diamond to date from Churchill
While results remain pending for a 19.5-tonne mini-bulk sample collected from a network of four new kimberlite dyke discoveries on the Churchill joint-venture project in eastern Nunavut, further micro…
Hillsborough eyes new coal docks
Vancouver — Hillsborough Resources (HLB-T, HLSRF-O) is gearing up to boost coal exports from its Quinsam mine in British Columbia after quietly arranging to acquire additional port facilities on a pe…