Business is a fun game to play for Bruce Walter
Roots in The Salvation Army run four generations deep for mining entrepreneur and dealmaker Bruce Walter, the chairman of Toronto-based WW Mines.
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Commentary: Resource development and Indigenous peoples: Finding the path to co-operation
The following is the edited text of a speech given by the Assembly of First Nations’ National Chief Shawn Atleo in early September, at a joint luncheon in Toronto between the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Indigenous Bar Association. For…
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Alamos Gold – Ken Stowe appointed a director.
Nunavut gold find pleases Prosperity investors
Prosperity Goldfields (PPG-V) has drilled 158 metres of 1.7 grams gold per tonne at its main Kiyuk gold project in southern Nunavut, including a higher-grade section of 31 metres grading 4.9 grams gold. The results are from the company’s…
Lawrence Roulston’s top stock picks
“There is a huge amount of uncertainty in the financial markets right now,” Lawrence Roulston, a geologist and editor of the newsletter Resource Opportunities, told an audience at a mid-September Cambridge House conference in Toronto. “There is…
Sabina finding deeper mineralization at Goose claims
Vancouver – Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) continues to churn out drill results as it works towards resource updates and a scoping study for its Back River project in Nunavut.
Highland Valley union demands more of everything from Teck
Vancouver – “Ask not what you can do for Teck, but what Teck can do for you.” Such is the current motto of United Steelworkers Local 7619, which represents roughly 1,050 of the 1,250 workers at Teck Resources’ (TCK-T, TCK-N) Highland Valley…
GeoMega’s Montviel is no longer a secret
“The secret will be out with the initial resource estimate,” said GeoMega’s (GMA-V) president Simon Britt, referring to the potential at the company’s Montviel carbonatite rare earth elements (REE) property in Abitibi, Que.
Rio revisits Saskatchewan’s potash scene
Rio Tinto (RIO-N) is investing back into potash, after selling its potash interests in Canada and Argentina to Vale (VALE-N) for US$850 million in 2009 to help pay off its debt during the 2008-09 recession.
Commentary: Resource Development and Indigenous Peoples – Finding the path to co-operation
The following is an edited portion of a speech given in Toronto in early September by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo at a joint luncheon of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Indigenous Bar Association. For the full…
Venture falls to 13-month low during Sept. 19-23
Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Exchange Index lost a dismal 216.77 points during the Sept. 19-23 period, falling to a 13-month low at 1,534.18 points. The index declined on all five days as European debt worries and slower-than-expected…
8 new mines to open in BC by 2015 – but which ones are they?
Vancouver – British Columbia’s new premiere, Christy Clark, unveiled a new jobs plan for the province on Sept. 22. Long on rhetoric and short on details, the plan is titled, “Canada Starts Here,” a coy reference to how B.C. is both Canada’s…