People (March 14, 2011)
Colossus Minerals – Steven Poad resigned as CFO; Claudio Mancuso appointed CFO.
Canada
Royal Nickel to build ‘monster’ nickel project
On paper, Royal Nickel (RNX-T) looks like a winning combination: A management and advisory team stacked with former Inco guys and seven billion pounds of nickel in the ground in Quebec’s Abitibi region, one of the friendliest mining…
Golden resource at Richfield’s Blackwater (March 14, 2011)
After months of encouraging drill results, Richfield Ventures (RVC-V) has established a multi-million oz. gold resource at its Blackwater gold project in central British Columbia.
Sennen and North Arrow turn to Arctic gold
Sennen Resources (SN-V) is showing its faith in Arctic gold by cutting a deal with North Arrow Minerals (NAR-V) for a stake in its Hope Bay Oro gold project in Nunavut.
Northern Tiger on the prowl
It’s the stuff of prospectors’ dreams: Climb up a hillside in a little-explored area and stumble upon enough visible gold to justify all those years of trudging around alone in the bush.
Copper Canyon ‘very pleased’ with sweetened NovaGold bid (March 11, 2011)
Vancouver – Just one month after dismissing the Dec. 20, 2010, takeover bid of joint venture partner NovaGold Resources (ng-t, ng-x) as “inadequate,” and only one week after suing it for allegedly failing to honour certain terms of the JV…
Problems plague Century’s Lamaque mine (March 11, 2011)
Vancouver – A failed cone crusher was the latest of several setbacks over the past year at Century Mining’s (cmm-v) Lamaque underground gold mine in Val d’Or, Que. The loss of the crusher shut down the Lamaque mill for nine days in February,…
Sabina off to busy 2011 in Nunavut
Vancouver – Sabina Gold and Silver (SBB-T) has released an updated resource for its Back River gold project in Nunavut just as it embarks on an extensive drill program in the area.
Tata Steel wants New Millennium’s iron ore
Tata Steel of India has joined the ranks of foreign steelmakers that are trying to nail down long-term iron ore supply in Canada. The South Asian steel giant has signed a binding heads of agreement with New Millennium Capital Corp. (NML-V) to…
Yellowhead reviving B.C. copper project (March 09, 2011)
Vancouver – Recently listed Yellowhead Mining (YMI-V) is breathing new life into the Harper Creek copper project in central British Columbia that was first discovered over forty years ago.
PDAC: base metals and potash prices set to consolidate gains in 2011
The outlook for base metals prices looked equally bright to the next set of speakers at the opening technical session “Commodities and Market Outlook” of the Prospectors and Developers of Canada convention in Toronto.
PDAC: precious metals and uranium gurus weigh in with predictions for 2011
The opening technical session “Commodities and Market Outlook” of the Prospectors and Developers of Canada convention in Toronto gave a relatively upbeat outlook for precious metals and uranium prices this year, especially considering the wild…