Romios dumps Copper Canyon
Vancouver — Citing project valuation concerns, management of Romios Gold Resources (RG-V, RMIOF-O) has decided against a planned merger with Copper Canyon Minerals (CPY-V, CAYRF-O) that would have se…
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Deep gold at Cedartree
Drilling by Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) at the West Cedartree gold project near Sioux Narrows, Ont., has intersected high-grade gold mineralization at depth on the Dogpaw No. 1 vein.
Canadian Zinc sees Prairie Creek vein widen to north
Vancouver — Underground drilling by Canadian Zinc (CZN-T, CZICF-O) on its Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver deposit in the Mackenzie Mountains region of western Northwest Territories is returning a numb…
Millstream intersects more sulphides (June 18, 2007)
A new drill hole on the Potter massive sulphide deposit near Matheson, Ont., has intersected more sulphide mineralization.
Shan intercept buoys BCM
Vancouver — Another wide molybdenum-mineralized drill intercept from the Shan project, near Terrace, B.C., boosted investor interest in BCM Resources (B-V), rallying the company’s shares 14% in recen…
Cons Thompson seeks control of Wabush Mines
Toronto-based junior Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines (CLM-V, CLMZF-O) has struck a deal to buy from steelmakers Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF-N) and Stelco (STE-T, SECNF-O) their combined 71.4% interest in t…
Aur officially opens Duck Pond
With concentrate production well under way, and an official opening ceremony under its belt, mid-tier copper miner Aur Resources (AUR-T, AURRF-O) is off to a good start at its new, wholly owned Duck P…
Sherwood’s drilling shows Minto’s potential
Vancouver — Stepout drilling around Sherwood Copper’s (SWC-V, SWOPF-O) Minto mine in the Yukon — scheduled to begin production in the third quarter — has returned significant copper-gold mineraliza…
Geodex readies for Sisson scoping study
Geodex Minerals (GXM-V, GXMLF-O) has contracted for a preliminary economic analysis on the Sisson Brook tungsten-molybdenum- copper deposit in central New Brunswick.
Editorial: Uranium, iron ore deals take centre stage
Mergers and acquisitions continued to be the major theme of the mining sector during the week ended June 9, the twenty-third trading week of 2007.
Sultan hits big BC moly
Vancouver — Sultan Minerals (SUL-V, SLMLF-O) is being rewarded for its efforts in searching out molybdenum at its Jersey-Emerald property in southwestern B.C. — a site that once hosted Canada’s seco…
Kodiak down 23% on Caribou Lake results
Vancouver — Despite hitting additional intervals of nickel and copper sulphides, recent drill results from Kodiak Exploration’s (KXL-V, KXLAF-O) Caribou Lake layered ultramafic intrusive project near…