Last year was a good year for the company, says George Paspalas, the president and chief executive of Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, ARK-X), which has been mining the Casa Berardi gold project in Quebec since 2006.
Vancouver — Proposed changes to Canada’s Environmental Assessment Act could streamline and simplify the environmental approval process, much in line with pledges already made by the Conservative government.
Vancouver — Switzerland-based mining giant Xstrata PLC (XTA-L) has agreed to buy the Sukunka coking coal deposit in the Peace River region of northern British Columbia from Calgary-based Talisman Energy (TLM-T, TLM-N), in a cash-only deal…
A measure of certainty mixed with relief has flooded back into the market about uranium exploration in Labrador after the Nunatsiavut Government lifted its three-year moratorium on the working, production, mining and development of uranium on…
Vancouver – A Greek debt deal and encouraging U.S. job numbers were not enough to pull the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index out of the red in the March 5-9 period, as general fears of a slowing global economy weighed on the exchange….
After being trumped last year in a bidding war with Rio Tinto (RIO-N) for Hathor Exploration and its Roughrider uranium deposit, Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) is back on the acquisition trail, announcing on March 2 that it plans to buy Areva’s…
Vale (VALE-N) has approved a $2-billion plan to reduce by 70% the sulphur dioxide emissions from its smelter in Sudbury, Ont.
Trelawney Mining and Exploration’s (TRR-V) share price continued to sag following a Feb. 24 resource update at its Côté Lake gold deposit on the Chester property, 20 km southwest of the town of Gogama, Ont.
B.C. has another member of the billion-pound copper club following an initial resource estimate on Gold Fields’ (GFI-N) and Consolidated Woodjam Copper’s (WCC-V) joint-venture property.
Vancouver — Recently-listed Banks Island Gold (BOZ-V) has hit more high-grade gold as it looks to expand the resource at the production-ready Tal zone on its northern British Columbia property.
News of Molycorp’s (MCP-N) proposed acquisition of Neo Material Technologies (NEM-T) in a cash and stock deal worth $1.3 billion sent the shares of both companies soaring.
Vancouver — Numerous explorers have launched substantial financings just as the networking-heavy Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention wraps up in Toronto.
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