A pit-wall failure that killed a miner at the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan will reduce this year’s production by 200,000 oz., says part-owner Cameco (CCO-T).The rock slide, which happened in early J…
Cameco (CCO-T), the world’s largest uranium supplier, just got bigger.The Saskatoon, Sask.-based company has agreed to buy the Smith Ranch in situ leach mine and various other ISL properties in Wyomin…
Saskatchewan is the Rodney Dangerfield of diamond plays: it gets no respect.After a decade of lethargic exploration and mundane results, which were eclipsed by the more exciting discoveries in the Lac…
With the price of gold reaching levels not seen in years, Maude Lake Exploration (MAU-V) has suspended its plan to create and list a diamond exploration vehicle.Instead, the Montreal-based junior will…
A long-awaited rise in uranium prices helped Cameco (CCO-T) dramatically improve both its top and bottom lines over the first three months of the year.Cameco earned $11 million (9 per share) on reven…
De Beers has allocated more than half its 2002 global exploration budget to The Great White North, and that, when combined with planned expenditures on the Snap Lake and Victor diamond projects, means…
Vancouver — Drilling by Masuparia Gold (MPG-V) has resulted in the discovery of a host rock for gold mineralization at the North zone on the Greywacke property, 90 km northeast of La Ronge, Sask.Coll…
The Northern Miner asked five market watchers of the junior mining and exploration sector for their top picks and opinions for the year ahead. This week we talked with John Kaiser, publisher of the Ka…
Results are in from the three latest holes by Maude Lake Exploration (MAU-V) on the Colline de l’ouest zone on the Comtois gold property, west of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que.Hole 82 cut 11.2 metres (from…
Some are comparing 2001 with the first half of the 1980s, the last time metal prices were so bad. Others are comparing it with the depression after the crash of 1929. And so far, nobody has compared i…
Year-end tax-loss selling may be less of an issue in 2001 than in previous years, but Boulder Investment Partners analyst Dorothy Atkinson still considers December a great month to buy shares in Canad…
Montreal-based Maude Lake Exploration (MAU-V) has acquired a half-interest in 130 claims owned by Cameco (CCO-T) at the 185-claim Comtois gold property, west of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que.The deal was r…
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