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Staff in the core shed at Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum's Kamoa copper project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo by Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum

African Copperbelt: still risky after all these years

The African Copperbelt running through Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hosts some of the world’s richest copper and copper-cobalt deposits, and has attracted dozens of junior companies over the years. But like moths to a…



U.S. Markets end year on high note

U.S. stocks closed out a second consecutive year of gains, recovering to levels last seen prior to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 and the ensuing recession. Over the year, the S&P 500 index rose 12.8% and the Dow Jones…









Tom Schroeter, president of Fjordland Exploration, points to the promising Southeast zone at the Woodjam copper-gold-molybdenum project, near Horsefly, B.C.

Fjordland, Cariboo shift Woodjam

HORSEFLY, B.C. — There is little for a geologist to see while driving along the dirt roads outside the town of Horsefly. The logging roads that crisscross the forests are mostly punctuated with cattle fields and clear cuts, not rock…



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