Feasibility’s in; Marathon PGM seeks financing
Now that Marathon PGM (MAR-T) has completed a feasibility study for its platinum group metal-copper project, the co…
Canada
Aggregates and Obama’s plan: JP Morgan says no boon too soon
Vancouver – President-elect Barack Obama’s talk of massive infrastructure spending to ward off recession has …
AME BC anounces annual award winners
Vancouver – The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) has named its swath of award winners …
West Timmins and Lake Shore find new high grade
Vancouver – If location is king, West Timmins Mining (WTM-T) and Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T) have hit gold: the joint-v…
Polaris lines up $25M financing
Vancouver – Quarry operator Polaris Minerals (PLS-T) will eliminate a $20 million bridge loan and add about $…
Strateco leads the uranium pack in Quebec (Part II)
Strateco Resources (RSC-T) has passed the first test for bringing its Matoush uranium project into produc…
Strateco leads the uranium pack in Quebec (part I)
CHIBOUGAMAU, QUE. — The Matoush uranium deposit is like nothing anyone’s ever seen before.
Taseko grows Gibraltar reserves
Vancouver – On the heels of a second expansion at the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine in central British Columbia,…
HudBay-Lundin Merger Draws Fire
Vancouver — What was supposed to be a friendly merger between HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) and Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-N) is turning into a nasty battle, as groups of HudBay shareholders demand…
Capoose On Track For Silver Quest
Vancouver — As part of its efforts to update a historical resource estimate, Silver Quest Resources (SQI-V, SQIFF-O) has confirmed silver and gold mineralization at its Capoose property, 185 km south…
Vale Scales Back
As the world economy continues to unravel, Vale (RIO-N) is closing its Copper Cliff South nickel mine in Sudbury, Ont., suspending its Voisey’s Bay nickel operations in Labrador for a month next July,…
Wesdome Strikes New Gold In Val D’Or Camp
Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO-T, WDOFF-O) has found some much needed gold in an area that has never been drilled before on its Dubuisson property, in Val d’Or, Que. — good news to go along with a solid thi…