AME BC celebrates 2010 award winners
The AME BC hosts its annual awards dinner tonight. Below is a look at the winners.
Canada
The growing importance of Corporate Social Responsibility
Vancouver – Wednesday morning the Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver turned to the growing importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the business.
Atac, Kaminak gear up for 2011 exploration in Yukon
Vancouver – In a couple of packed sessions at the Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver, leading Yukon gold explorers Atac Resources (ATC-V) and Kaminak Resources (KAM-V) laid out their plans for stepped up exploration in 2011.
Richfield releases more Blackwater results
Vancouver – Another round of drill results from the Blackwater gold project means more long gold hits for Richfield Ventures (RVC-V).
Venture ends down slightly in Jan. 17-21 period
Vancouver – The January 17 to 21 period saw the TSX S&P Venture Exchange fall 5.38 points after two days of losses outweighed three days of gains to have the board end at 2265.58 points.
Copper Mountain nears production in BC
Princeton, B.C. – Since 2006 Copper Mountain Mining (cum-t) has been quietly but confidently building a large, open-pit mine near Princeton and within six months British Columbia will have its first major new metal mine in years.Well, mostly…
Former bidding rivals team up to chase Baffinland
In a new twist to the takeover battle for Baffinland Iron Mines (bim-t), former rivals Nunavut Iron Ore and ArcelorMittal (mt-n) are teaming up in a joint bid.”It’s been an interesting week,” Nunavut Iron chairman Bruce Walters remarks with…
Obituary: Bud Laporte
Irvin Joseph (Bud) Laporte (b. 1933) died on Jan. 12, at the age of 78, in North Bay, Ont., after a battle with cancer. He was the husband of Shirley (predeceased) and a father and grandfather.Laporte started working in the diamond drilling…
Western Copper plans to get more out of Casino
Western Copper (wrn-t) says its Casino gold-copper project in the Yukon can process more ore than previously believed. The company has been in the midst of updating its prefeasibility study from 2008 ever since it released a significantly…
Blue Note gets more time
Blue Note Mining (bnt-v) has until the end of March to tie up its acquisition of First Gold Exploration’s (efg-v) stake in the Croinor gold project and the Matchi-Manitou property in Quebec. The deal was originally announced last July with the…
Kaminak set to drill
With more than $21 million in cash, Kaminak Gold (kam-v) has the funds for an extensive exploration program this year at its Coffee gold project in the White Gold district of the Yukon.The first phase of its drill program, budgeted at $15…
Cliffs to buy Cons. Thompson
If Cliffs Natural Resources (clf-n) is successful in its bid for Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (clm-t) and its Bloom Lake mine on the south end of the Labrador Trough, it will in one stroke acquire a world-class orebody containing high-grade…