Great Bear starts Phase 2 drilling at Dixie
Canada’s Ontario has rescinded a work suspension order in place over great swathes of the province in the wake of wildfire activity since July 21, allowing Great Bear Resources (TSX:…
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North Arrow collects Naujaat bulk sample to test for fancy coloured diamonds
North Arrow Minerals (TSXV: NAR) has completed a 2,000-tonne bulk sample from its Naujaat diamond project in Nunavut, a key step toward discovering if the project has enough fancy coloured…
New Found Gold to raise $50M for exploration at Queensway, Lucky Strike
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; US-OTC: NFGFF) is to issue 4.4 million flow-through common shares of the company at a price of $11.39 each to fund exploration at its Queensway…
Troilus Gold drills more high grade in Quebec
It’s only been a year and a half since Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) began drilling in the Southwest Zone at its namesake Troilus gold project, about 170 km…
USACE assigns a new review officer for Pebble appeal
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has assigned a new review officer to handle Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM) appeal of a negative record of decision for the Pebble…
Uranium tops Morgan Stanley’s commodity thermometer
Morgan Stanley has placed uranium at the very top of its Metals and Mining Commodity Thermometer. Uranium was assigned a ‘most bullish’ thesis of 17 mined commodities under the bank’s…
BHP turns toward ‘future facing’ commodities with Jansen potash approval; sale of oil and gas division
In a long awaited decision, BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has approved US$5.7 billion in spending on its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan – an important project for…
Benga Mining applies for judicial review following Canada’s coal mine snub
A unit of Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting, Benga Mining, has applied to the Federal Court of Canada for a judicial review of the rejection of the proposed US$800…
Rio2 tests non-carbon gold recovery tech for Fenix project
Rio2 (TSXV: RIO) is moving to the next stage of testing of a new gold processing technology developed by Canadian nanotechnology company, Sixth Wave Innovations (CSE: SIXW), after initial tests…
JV Article: Trench Metals summer drill program explores for uranium in Athabasca Basin
Trench Metals (TSXV: TMC) expects its first assay results from the Gorilla Lake uranium project in the Cluff Lake area of Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin before the end of the fourth…
New Gold shares hit a 12-month low on Rainy River’s grade fade
New Gold Inc. (TSX: NGD; NYSE American: NGD) shares trading in Toronto fell to a 12-month low on Thursday after the company reported weaker than expected June-quarter financial results and…
Vital Metals buying rare earths properties from Quebec Precious Metals
Australian Vital Metals (ASX: VML) and Quebec Precious Metals (QPM) (TSXV: OPM; OTC: CJCFF) have signed a binding term sheet for Vital to acquire QPM’s 68% interest in the Kipawa…