Fronteer-Altius splitting out uranium assets
Vancouver – Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) and partner Altius Minerals (ALS-V) plan to spin off the priv…
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Mountain Lake weighs up Bobby’s Pond
Consultants Roscoe Postle Associates (RPA) will spend the next 5 to 6 weeks completing an independent technical rep…
Redcorp courts partners for Tulsequah Chief
Vancouver – Strong metal prices have prompted Redcorp Ventures (RDV-T) to continue efforts to revive the stalled T…
Blue Pearl jumps on Davidson drilling
Shares in Blue Pearl Mining (BLE-T) were $1.60, or 75%, higher at an all-time high of $3.74 in late afternoon tradi…
Anglo closes coal deal with Hillsbororough
Vancouver – Anglo Coal, a division of diversified miner Anglo American (AAL-L), has secured a foothold in Western …
Cusac-American Bonanza clarify Taurus gold resource
Vancouver – Cusac Gold Mines (CQC-T, CUSIF-O) was quick to inform American Bonanza Gold (BZA-T, ABGFF-O) that about…
Teck Cominco basks in new record profits
Vancouver Strong metal prices propelled net earnings for Teck Cominco (TEK.SVB-T) to a record $510 million in the…
Trio of financings illustrates hot market
Vancouver – A recent series of major financings serves as a good barometer of a frothy mining investment climate. U…
lonore area heats up
Spurred by Goldcorp’s (G-T, GG-N) recent vote of confidence, exploration is heating up around Virginia Gold Mines’ …
Fortune to bulk-sample Nico
Fortune Minerals (FT-T) has contracted out the mining of a bulk sample from its Nico polymetallic deposit in the No…
Tower Mountain has new resource
An initial resource calculation for the Tower Mountain gold deposit west of Thunder Bay, Ont., shows about 100,000 …
Jericho produces first diamonds
Vancouver The first batch of diamonds has been produced at the newly constructed Jericho mine in Nunavut, though …