NICKEL-COPPER EXPLORATION – High grades at Lockerby East
NORTHERN ONTARIO - Toronto-based FIRST NICKEL has completed its 2005 diamond drilling program at the Lockerby East ...
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CABINET APPOINTMENT – Gary Lunn given resources portfolio
OTTAWA - Following the recent federal election, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has asked Gary Lunn to b...
NET NITS – More on potash mine fire
"As a recent new vendor to the mine [K1-K2 at Esterhazy, Sask.], I was hugely impressed with their culture of safet...
DOING SOME DIGGING – Are you ready for $2,000 gold?
If you believe some prognosticators, the price of gold is headed for US$2,000/oz before very long. That estimate ca...
COPPER-GOLD RESOURCES – New estimate from Minto deposit
YUKON - New NI 43-101 numbers are available for the Minto copper-gold project, 240 km northwest of Whitehorse. SHER...
GOLD RESOURCES – South Deep reserves shrink
SOUTH AFRICA - Vancouver's PLACER DOME reports that a review of resources at its 50%-owned South Deep mine (WESTERN...
SILVER EXPLORATION – Chinese project yields over 1,900 g/t Ag
CHINA - SILVERCORP METALS of Vancouver reports that a tunnel at its Ying silver project in Henan Province has inte...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – AMEC, Baffinland, Finning, Minco, New Gold
AMEC, the international project management and services company, has bolstered its Earth & Environmental mining gro...
MERGER NEWS – Halco now part of Terex
WESTPORT, Connecticut - TEREX CORPORATION has completed the acquisition of HALCO HOLDINGS, including its subsidiari...
MINING SHOVELS – Bucyrus units go to Idaho
MILWAUKEE - BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL reports it has sold a Bucyrus 495HR (Hard Rock) high performance electric rope sh...
POTASH PROFITS – Potash Corp 4th quarter best ever
SASKATOON - Record fourth-quarter potash shipments and higher prices pushed the POTASH CORP. OF SASKATCHEWAN's earn...
URANIUM EARNINGS – Cameco 4th quarter revenue jumps 45%
SASKATOON - CAMECO's unaudited fourth quarter 2005 financial statement puts the quarter's earnings at $522 million ...
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Historic agreement for Contact Lake project (February 05, 2006)
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Vancouver-based ALBERTA STAR DEVELOPMENT and the Deline Land Corp. representing the SAHTU a...
GOLD BULK SAMPLE – Underground work at NICO to supply 2,700 tonnes
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - London, Ont.-based FORTUNE MINERALS is planning a 2,700-tonne bulk sample from its NICO gol...
Goldman cuts gold price forecast down to $4,900
Goldman Sachs has slashed its gold price forecast by $500 an ounce to reflect the increased likelihood that the US Federal Reserve […]