Rare Earths Shortage Looming?
The key metals needed for hybrid cars, flat-screen TVs and energy-efficient lighting could be in short supply in a few years’ time if rare earth element mines aren’t developed outside of China, some i…
Canada
Teck Wrestles With US$10B Debt
Vancouver — For the last few years, Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-n) has been a reliable, dividend-paying investment option, a major mining company regularly recording substantial profits by cashing in on stro…
Rambler focused on Ming
Vancouver — With dewatering complete and a prefeasibility study under way, Rambler Metals and Mining (RAB-v) continues to hit strong copper and gold grades at its namesake property in Newfoundland.
Editorial: Teck teeters, Apex falls
Falling commodity prices took deep bites out of another group of zinc miners during the week ended Nov. 15, the 46th trading week of 2008.
HudBay and Lundin to merge
Vancouver – In a move that took investors and analysts by surprise, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) and Lundin Mining (LUN-…
Rolling Rock tops 1 million oz. gold at Monument Bay property
Vancouver – As Rolling Rock Resources (RLL-V) reworks data for a pending scoping study of its Monument Bay pr…
Coal at Division Mountain looks economic for Cash Minerals
An updated study demonstrates that its Division Mountain coal property in the Yukon is economically viable for Cash…
Good gold grades for Northern Abitibi
Discovered earlier this season by trenching, the Thor vein at the Viking gold project in near Sops Arm, Nfld. is pr…
Hathor hits more Athabasca high-grade
Vancouver — Hathor Exploration (HAT-V, HTHXF-o) reported a U 3 O 8 whopper in its latest batch of drill results, hitting 23 metres grading 11.2% U 3 O 8 starting at 295 metres depth in hole 40.
It’s a long moly Storie for Columbia Yukon (November 17, 2008)
Vancouver — Stepout drilling at the Storie molybdenum deposit continues to return long mineralized intercepts for Columbia Yukon Explorations (CYU-V, CYUXF-o).
Pacific Comox’s vision for Ryan Lake (November 17, 2008)
SITE VISIT Matatchewan, Ont. — A big old pile of crushed ore sits outside the mill at Pacific Comox Resources’ (PCM-V, PAOCF-o) past-producing Ryan Lake copper-moly project. The pile has…
In pursuit of financing, Adanac retools Ruby Creek
Adanac Molybdenum (AUA-T, AUAYF-o) is looking into a new plan for its Ruby Creek moly project near Atlin, B. C., after figures from an updated feasibility study weren’t as promising as the originals.