The competition heats up
Since our last issue of Diamonds in Canada in May, fears that the global economic recovery might be derailed have started to ease. Diamond retailers and miners continued to regain…
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Blackwater reveals its strength for Richfield
SITE VISIT QUESNEL, B.C. — One hundred and fifty million years ago the volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Hazelton Group were laid down in what is now central British…
Hathor’s superb uranium hits
The latest drill results from Hathor Exploration’s (HAT-V) Roughrider uranium discovery on the Midwest Northeast project in Saskatchewan’s prolific Athabasca basin are literally off the scale.
Agnico-Eagle reports record quarterly production and earnings
Vancouver – Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) reached record gold production, revenue and net income in the th…
Agnico buying 9% of Queenston
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) is signaling its faith in the Kirkland Lake region of northeastern Ontario…
Goldcorp hikes dividend payment on record cash flow
Despite a 2% decline in gold production from the last quarter, Vancouver-based Goldcorp (g-t, gg-n) posted a s…
Potash Corp. posts second-highest Q3 earnings
Rising prices for crop commodities that have driven up demand for potash contributed to the second-highest thi…
Callinan to divide royalty and exploration operations
Vancouver – Eighty-three-year-old Callinan Mines (CAA-V) is splitting up its royalty and exploration holding i…
Editorial: Political power play over PotashCorp
BHP Billiton’s $40-billion hostile bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan entered a critical period in late Octo…
Hunter Dickinson’s Northcliff options N.B. tungsten-moly play
With an eye on a rising tungsten price, the Hunter Dickinson group has picked up an option on Geodex Minerals’…
Venture continues upward with heavy volumes
A dipping gold price helped lead to a mixed week for the S&P-TSX Venture composite index, but three days o…
Aurizon focuses on Rouyn-Noranda
By mid-year Aurizon Mines (arz-t, azk-x) will have completed a feasibility study on its Joanna gold project along the Cadillac break, 2 km northeast of Rouyn-Noranda in Quebec’s Abitibi region.Meanwhile, the company’s chief executive David Hall…