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TSX Venture Exchange, July 8-12

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index jumped 1.6%, or 14.15 points, en route to an 898.42-point weekly close. Markets were driven near monthly highs following comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, while commodity prices…



The exploration camp at Gold Reach Resources' Ootsa gold project in northwest British Columbia. Source: Gold Reach Resources

Gold Reach advances Ootsa on all fronts

VANCOUVER — The first half of 2013 has been a busy time for Gold Reach Resources (TSXV: GRV) at its Ootsa property in B.C. Since January the company has updated the resource estimates for the pro­ject’s two deposits, shown that…


Cartoon by JK.

Editorial: Greasing the wheel of life

Big Oil roared back into the headlines in Canada and across the world, once again showing how, compared to mining, the oil industry is in a league all its own when it comes to societal impacts.



TSX Venture Exchange, July 2-5

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index finished in the green for the first time in four weeks during the shortened trading period, with a 2.87-point gain to close at 884.27. An early jump in commodity prices fuelled positive investor sentiment…


Young participants of the Mining Minds initiative at York University in Toronto.

Fostering ‘Mining Minds’

Mining Minds is a new initiative aimed at educating young people about Ca­na­da’s geology and mineral resources while promoting the mining industry and related career opportunities.



A truck hauls ore at Fortune Minerals' NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper project in the Northwest Territories during test mining conducted in 2006 and 2007. Source: Fortune Minerals

Procon invests $12M in Fortune Minerals

Procon Resources, a Vancouver-based mining contractor that is majority owned by China CAMC Engineering, is making an $11.7-million strategic investment in Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT) at a price of 40¢ per share — a 14% premium over…


A closeup view of the equipment at Quest Rare Minerals' Pilot plant in Mississauga, Ont. (2013). Photo: Salma Tarikh

Quest to sell 100% of Strange Lake’s zirconia to TAM

Quest Rare Minerals (TSX: QRM; AMEX: QRM) received a much-needed boost after reporting that it intends to sell 100% of the anticipated annual zirconia production from its Strange Lake rare earth deposit in northern Quebec to New York-based…


The exploration camp on the Goose Lake property, part of Sabina's Back River Project in Nunavut. Source: Sabina Gold & Silver

Sabina finds high-grade gold at George

Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) has pulled some encouraging grades from the George deposit at its Back River gold-silver project in Nunavut ahead of a prefeasibility study (PFS) due later this year.



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