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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.



Drill roads on Mount LaCasse at Copper Fox Minerals' Schaft Creek copper project in northwestern British Columbia. Source: Copper Fox Metals

Copper Fox falls on Schaft Creek feasibility

After four years of drilling, designing, consulting and number crunching, Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V) has produced a feasibility study for its planned Schaft Creek mine in B.C. that increases throughput by 30% compared to earlier plans, while…


Processing facilities under construction at Santacruz Silver's Rosario silver-gold-zinc-lead project,184 km north of San Luis Potosi city in central Mexico. Source: Santacruz Silver

Santacruz Silver on the fast track

For Mexico-focused Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ-V), 2013 could be the year that well-planted seeds take root and grow. The Vancouver-based company is working on a trio of advanced-stage silver projects with the goal of achieving inaugural…


Consol Energy sells coal assets in Canada

Consol Energy (CNX-N) sold two non-producing coal assets in Western Canada at the end of 2012 for US$127 million, bringing its total asset sales in 2012 to more than US$350 million, the company reported in the new year.



The camp at Western Copper and Gold's Casino project. Source: Western Copper and Gold

Western Copper jumps on Casino feasibility study

VANCOUVER – For resource companies, it can be hard to keep investors interested during the lull between discovery and development. During those years the story shifts from exciting exploration results to endless studies of metallurgy,…



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