TAKEOVER TARGET CVRD makes all-cash offer for Inco
RIO DE JANEIRO Just when the wrangling for Falconbridge and INCO LTD. seemed to be coming to a conclusion, a new ...
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COPPER-GOLD DEVELOPMENT New Andacollo mine a go, says Aur
CHILE The Andacollo hypogene copper-gold mine will become a reality. The directors of Toronto-based AUR RESOURCES...
RARE EARTH STUDY Prefeasibility contract awarded for Hoidas Lake
SASKATCHEWAN GREAT WESTERN MINERALS GROUP has awarded the contract to conduct a prefeasibility study on its Hoida...
GOLD EXPLORATION Committee Bay, San Gold, Cambior report high grades
The hunt for gold continues in high gear, thanks to its continuing strong price just below $650/oz as this was writ...
DOING SOME DIGGING Cyanide code gaining acceptance
The objectives of the INTERNATIONAL CYANIDE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (ICMI) are straightforward: promote responsible ma...
PGE, BASE METAL EXPLORATION Benton finds it all
ONTARIO BENTON RESOURCES of Thunder Bay says it has discovered a new area of high-grade PGEs plus gold and an are...
NICKEL MINING – Voisey’s Bay strike will not cut output
LABRADOR - INCO LTD. says a strike by workers at its Voisey's Bay nickel mine near Nain will not have an immediate ...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS VVC Exploration, Skye, NioGold, Taseko, Gabriel and Canadian Shield
Toronto's VVC EXPLORATION announced the following appointments after its annual meeting: Daniel Grenier as presiden...
EXCAVATOR – Hitachi EX8000 goes to work at Horizon oil sands project
ALBERTA - With fanfare befitting a dignitary, NORTH AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION GROUP commissioned Canada's (and the worl...
SCHOLARSHIPS – KEGS chooses nine winners
TORONTO - The KEGS Foundation, under the auspices of the Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society, has named the re...
BASE METAL EXPANSION – Mount Isa mill to up capacity 60%
QUEENSLAND, Australia - Anglo-Swiss mining giant XSTRATA has made plans to increase the concentrate production from...
OIL SANDS EXPANSION – Shell ready to proceed
CALGARY - SHELL CANADA has issued a formal proposal to its partners to proceed with Phase I expansion of the Athaba...
Kenorland reports major gold resource at Frotet, backs 4% royalty
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD; US-OTCQX: KLDCF) unveiled an inaugural inferred mineral resource for the Regnault gold deposit at the Frotet project in […]