2013


An aerial view of Metanor's Barry open-pit mine, which has since been shut down. Source: Metanor Resources

Metanor steps into the future

Make a wrong turn while driving along the streets of one of Canada’s great mining towns and you may feel you’ve gone through a portal into the past.


Canada Lithium inks off-take agreement

Two months after signing an off-take agreement with one of China’s largest commodities traders, Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) has sealed a second deal with one of Japan’s largest commodities trading companies, Marubeni Corporation.



NGEx continues big run with Josemaria resource

VANCOUVER — It has been a stellar six months for Vancouver-based explorer NGEx Resources (NGQ-T) and its portfolio of copper-gold prospects that lie along the Chilean-Argentine border.


Geologist Bob Marvin and Shane Wu study results at Bayfield's Burns Block project. Source: Bayfield Ventures

Bayfield hits more high-grade at Burns Block

VANCOUVER – With each new drill hole Bayfield Ventures (BYV-V) is learning more about a high-grade gold-silver shoot that extends from its East Burns zone towards the Intrepid gold-silver zone on Rainy River Resources’ (RR-T)…



Workers at Alderon's Kamistiatusset (Kami) iron ore project. Source: Alderon Iron Ore

Alderon remains on track for iron ore production at Kami

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based Alderon Iron Ore (ADV-T, AXX-X) has passed another major milestone in a quest to put its Kamistiatusset (Kami) iron ore project in western Labrador into production by the end of 2015. On Jan. 9, the company…


Cameco gets access to Russian warheads

It took longer than expected but Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has cleared all the regulatory hurdles and has closed its acquisition of nuclear fuels trader NUKEM Energy GmbH (NUKEM).


Denison expands Wheeler River resource

An updated resource estimate for the Phoenix uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin usher them into an exclusive club of high-grade uncomformity deposits that includes the McArthur River mine 37 km to the northeast, the world’s largest…


Northern Freegold homes in on Nucleus deposit high grade

VANCOUVER – A new resource estimate outlining a higher-grade starter zone has put the Freegold Mountain project in prime position as owner Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) finalizes the project’s first economic assessment.


Market news: U.S. Markets

The benchmark S&P 500 Index reached its highest close since December 2007 during the holiday-shortened trading week, which saw politicians strike a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, while data from the Institute for Supply Management…


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