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What’s changed in the north

My return to the Chamber of Mines after 15 years offers me the opportunity to see what has and hasn't changed in northern Canada. If there is one thing that I am more certain of than ever, it is the…

Inclusive business: the next challenge

Investing in oil, gas and mining (OGM) projects in developing countries over the next 20 years is likely to be much greater than the total invested in international aid. If this investment is designed and managed to maximize sustainable...

Spectacular

hen famed comedian, actor and author Billy Connolly documented his recent 3,567 km trek across Canada's Far North, he summed up his travels by simply saying "Spectacular."

Alexco Resource Corp

silver lining may be a metaphor for optimism in the idiom "Every cloud has a silver lining," but for Alexco Resource Corp., that lining is not found in the sky but conversely, in the mountains of the Keno Hill Silver…

Capstone Mining Corp

hen you talk about Yukon mining, one of the first names that comes to mind is "Minto," because not only is it the only producing hard-rock mine in the Territory, but it's also one of the more productive copper-mining operations…

Yukon Zinc Corp

othing says success in mining more than the sight of a processing plant and that's exactly what Yukon Zinc now has operating at its Wolverine Mine located 280 km northeast of Whitehorse. The Wolverine Mine is located in the Finlayson…

Golden Predator Corp

Golden Predator has a mandate to be the leading gold property explorer and developer in Yukon and "why not?" says Company Chairman and CEO William M. Sheriff, as he keeps up his relentless search for more Yukon gold.

Western Copper Corp

estern Copper's mountain-side airstrip is the first taste of spectacular things to come for visitors to the company's Casino property. After landing on an upward slope looking skywards, visitors are soon distracted by the peripheral view of the...

ATAC Resources Ltd

A new, cottage-like setting for its camp and excellent diamond drill results combined to make life at ATAC Resources' site in the Keno Hill Mining District very enjoyable in 2010.

Kaminak Gold Corp

ontrary to what some may think, Kaminak Gold's Coffee Gold Project and the names of its 11 gold discovery zones (Espresso, Americano, Supremo, Macchiato, Cappuccino, Mocha, Java, Arabica, Double Doublel, Latte, and Kona) were not dreamt up at a...

Selwyn Chihong Mining

It's a place bigger than the eye can see and the mind can imagine. It's called "The Selwyn Project" and consists of 7,450 ha of mineral claims in Yukon and 2,162 ha of Mining Lease lands in adjacent Northwest Territories.

Finding Frac Sand

By 2020, the Horn River and Montney Basins in northeastern British Columbia are projected to be producing just under six billion cubic feet of natural gas a day and meeting somewhere between a quarter and a third of Canada's demand.