Ekati mine unfazed by strike
Three weeks into its first-ever strike, BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) 7-year-old Ekati diamond mine, about 300 km northeas…
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New Cantech tables Lucky Ship moly resource (April 28, 2006)
Vancouver – A mineral resource estimate is now in hand for New Cantech Ventures’ (NCV-V, NCTVF-O) Lucky Ship molybd…
Partners target lonore South anomaly (April 27, 2006)
Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N), Eastmain Resources (ER-TO – News), and Azimut Exploration (AZM-V, AZMTF-O) have signed a lett…
Falconbridge soars on buoyant metals
Higher metal prices helped Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) more than double its earnings during the first three mont…
Nuinsco financing for Campbell (April 25, 2006)
A $15.5-million deal to take Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) out of creditor protection has been agreed to by N…
Cumberland tumbles on Meadowbank warning
Shares in Cumberland Resources (CLG-T, CLG-X) were of nearly 10% at $4.27 in late-afternoon trading in Toronto on A…
Atlas Cromwell to buy Mount Milligan and other assets from Goldcorp
Vancouver – Atlas Cromwell (ACR.H-V) has agreed to buy interests in five mineral projects formerly held by Placer …
Warm weather dampens Gahcho Ku
Unseasonably warm weather in the Northwest Territories has claimed another diamond victim, with De Beers Canada hal…
Western Canadian Coal gets cozy with NEMI
If the proposed merger between Western Canadian Coal (WTN-T, WTN-L) and NEMI Northern Energy & Mining (NNE.A-T, NNEMF-O) goes through as planned, the combined company will parlay northeastern Brit…
NovaGold bids for power
Vancouver — Development aspirations for its large Galore Creek copper-gold project, in northwestern British Columbia, have prompted NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) to launch a takeover bid for area h…
Cross Lake aims to revive QR mine
Vancouver — An independent feasibility study commissioned by Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-T, CLKMF-O) has concluded that the past-producing QR gold mine near Quesnel, B.C., could be placed back into prod…
ATAC stakes Yukon gold-silver prospect
Vancouver — A staking effort has provided ATAC Resources (ATC-V, ATADF-O) with an intrusive-hosted gold-silver prospect in the Dawson Range of the western Yukon….