Blue Note and First Gold to dewater Croiner gold mine in Q4
A new prefeasibility study for the Croinor gold project near Val-d’Or, Que., spells out a five-year mining pla…
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Thompson Creek to acquire Terrane Metals
Vancouver – The Mount Milligan gold-copper mine in British Columbia is a big step closer to reality after Thom…
No more toll milling for Alexis (July 15, 2010)
Alexis Minerals (AMC-T) will save $12-$15 per tonne by processing ore from its Lac Herbin gold mine near Val d…
Donner up on Xstrata go-ahead at Matagami
Vancouver – Donner Metals (DON-V) received a big stock price boost after Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) announc…
Goliath looks good to Treasury
Treasury Metals (TML-T) has a mine on its hands.According to a preliminary economic assessment the company’s…
Kirkland Lake adds ounces
Gold for $8 an oz. sounds like quite the bargain even when it’s only based on direct drilling costs. That’s th…
Molycorp to raise US$420 M in IPO for rare earths mine
Molycorp, owner of the Mountain Pass rare earth element mine in California, is going ahead with an initial pub…
Venture unsettled over July 5-9
Vancouver – The first week of July provided a rough ride for the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, as the b…
Commentary: mining execs still optimistic despite tough Q2
The following are the findings of the Mining Recruitment Group’s latest Mining Executive Outlook survey, which…
Agnico opens Meadowbank
MEADOWBANK, NUNAVUT — Once all the speakers presented at Agnico-Eagle Mine’s (AEM-T, AEM-N) Meadowbank gold mine opening ceremony, attendee Rick Olsen, a contractor based out of nearby Baker Lake, leaned over and said “People don’t realize…
Fjordland, Cariboo shift Woodjam
HORSEFLY, B.C. — There is little for a geologist to see while driving along the dirt roads outside the town of Horsefly. The logging roads that crisscross the forests are mostly punctuated with cattle fields and clear cuts, not rock…
End in sight for Vale strike
It looks like the bitter and dogged strike in Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ont., that has stretched on for almost a year might soon be over now that Brazilian mining giant Vale (VALE-N) and the United S…