Canada

The camp at Northern Uranium's Northwest Manitoba uranium project.  Credit:  Northern Uranium

Fipke’s Northern Uranium thinks outside the basin

VANCOUVER — Conventional thinking amongst Canadian uranium explorers has been shifting over the past few years, and Northern Uranium (TSXV: UNO; US-OTC: NOURF) is hoping to be the next outfit to make a world-class discovery outside…


A haul truck at Teck Resources' Fording River coal mine in southeastern British Columbia. Credit: Teck Resources

Low coal prices cut into Teck’s profits

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources’ (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK) second quarter profit fell to $72 million, down more than 70% compared to the same quarter last year because of low metallurgical coal prices.


Cliffs reports disappointing Q2 ahead of proxy vote

Whether or not a dissident shareholder succeeds in replacing Cliffs’ (NYSE: CLF) CEO at its annual general meeting next week, big changes are likely in store for the iron ore and metallurgical coal miner.


The basal till sampling crew at Kennady Diamonds' Kennady North project in the Northwest Territories. Credit: Kennady Diamonds

Kennady Diamonds expands drill program at Kennady North

Encouraging results from its Kennady North diamond project in the Northwest Territories have Kennady Diamonds (TSXV: KDI) doubling its summer drill program, adding a third drill, and rethinking the potential size of the project.


The kiln under construction at Largo Resources' Maracas Vanadium project in Brazil's Bahia state, on which Anglo Pacific Group holds a 2% net smelter return royalty. Credit: Largo Resources

New management at Anglo Pacific shifts focus to royalties

After graduating with a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, Julian Treger launched his career working for Lord Rothschild as an in-house corporate financier managing a portfolio of public and private equity…



Premier’s Hardrock grows in quantity and quality

Another 86,500 metres of drilling and a deeper Whittle shell using steeper pit walls has increased the size of Premier Gold Mines’ (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) flagship Hardrock deposit in northern Ontario, the company says.



Kaminak Gold investor Ross Beaty.

Ross Beaty and Zebra Holdings buy into Kaminak

Shares of Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) surged nearly 33% to $1.05 after the company announced that Ross Beaty and Zebra Holdings (the trust of the late Adolf H. Lundin) are to become significant shareholders.


A worker operates a jet-boring machine at Cameco's Cigar Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan earlier this year. Credit: Cameco

Cameco puts Cigar Lake on ice

VANCOUVER — Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has suspended mining at its Cigar Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan so that the high-grade orebody can freeze — a necessary step in mining the waterlogged deposit.


Barrick Gold  president and CEO Jamie Sokalsky. Credit: Barrick Gold

Barrick CEO Sokalsky stepping down

Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) president and CEO Jamie Sokalsky will be leaving his post in September, as part of a management shakeup whereby the major gold producer is axing  its CEO role and naming two executives as…



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