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Exploration

Province [BC] sets record for exploration spending

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) welcomed Premier Christy Clark’s announcement at Mineral Exploration Roundup last month in Vancouver that $680 million was spent on mineral exploration in British Columbia...

Building a Better ELF

Modern mine finders are constantly merging old and new technology with outside-the-box thinking to create better, cheaper ways of exploring the ground under their feet.

Nova Scotia Treasure Finder

It is no easy task finding an economicaland worthwhile mineral deposit, and it’s an even harder job turning that discovery into a producing mine, but for Avard D. Hudgins, that’s what he does. And, according to many in the...

Destined for Grandeur

Toronto to Shanghai is a long haul, even in the age of intercontinental air travel, and Allen Palmiere can attest to that because he’s made the 23-hour trip more than 20 times since taking over Adriana Resources Inc. of Toronto…

The “Trough”

The world-class Labrador Trough iron mining district has long been a bastion of stability in the often uncertain world of mining.

The “Trough”

The world-class Labrador Trough iron mining district has long been a bastion of stability in the often uncertain world of mining.

Little Deer

When you talk about a stratgeic location, few sites can match that of the Little Deer copper project co-owned by Thundermin Resources Inc. and Cornerstone Resources Inc. It’s a 100%-owned project under a 50-50 joint venture agreement...

Canada leads exploration spending for past 10 years

Figures just released by the Metals Economics Group’s (MEG) Corporate Exploration Strategies (CES) of Halifax, indicate that Canada has been the world’s top country for exploration for the past decade.

The “Ring” Revisted

Richard Fink, Vice President, Technology, with Cleveland-based Cliffs Natural Resources, is a mining industry veteran who knows that discretion is sometimes the better part of valour when it comes to discussing mineral deposits, and the...

Bellechasse-Timmins drilling returns near 200-oz core

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but there are not many eyes that won't pop at a gold grade of 197.4 opt. That's what Golden Hope Mines of Montreal intersected at its Bellechasse-Timmins project in southeast Quebec.…

100 years of AME BC

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia turns 100 this year. Known for most of its life as an association as the BC, or BC & Yukon, Chamber of Mines, it celebrates a century of advocacy for prospectors, explorers and...