Jilin Jien moves in on Canadian nickel
Vancouver – Scooping up half of troubled Liberty Mines (LBE-T) and earning into Goldbrook Ventures’ (GBK-V) Raglan …
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Denison drops 12% on discounted bought-deal
Uranium miner Denison Mines (DML-T, DNN-N) announced today that it will raise at least $82-million in a bought-deal…
Updated resource for Gahcho Kue diamond project
The Gahcho Kue diamond deposit in Canada’s Northwest Territories has an indicated resource of 50.5 million carats a…
Hard Creek grows Turnagain again
Vancouver – The Turnagain nickel deposit has grown again for owner Hard Creek Nickel (HCN-T).
Ursa Major and Canadian Arrow consider merger
Nickel prices are still in the dumps but that’s not stopping nickel juniors, Canadian Arrow Mines (CRO-V) and Ursa …
Cadiscor shareholders approve tie-up with North American Palladium
Shareholders of junior Cadiscor Resources (CAO-V) voted unanimously in favour of becoming a wholly owned subsidiary…
Athabasca Minerals: Supplying The Sandsbox
VANCOUVER — Aggregates. Sand and gravel. “I could write a book on them,” says Athabasca Minerals (ABM-V) vice-president Shaun O’Connor-Parsons. It might not make The New York Times best-seller list, …
BC Pipeline Plans Meet Resistance
First Nations, activist shareholders and environmental groups from British Columbia were in Toronto on May 6 to protest Enbridge’s (ENB-T, ENB-N) plan to build two 1,170-km pipelines that will carry o…
Fort Hills’ Future Uncertain
In September 2007, Teck (TCK. B-T, TCK-N) raised its stake to 20% in the Fort Hills Energy Partnership, which is developing the Fort Hills oilsands project in Alberta.
TNR Gold Spinoff Focuses On Lithium, Rare Earth Elements
After scooping up some lithium and rare metals projects in Ontario and Nevada recently, TNR Gold (TNR-V, TRRXF-O) is spinning out its newfound assets into a subsidiary company to be called Internation…
Oilsands Quest Strays Off The Beaten Path
VANCOUVER — Not all of the Fort McMurray formation’s oilsands lie within the borders of Alberta. Oilsands Quest (BQI-X) is proving that the ground in Saskatchewan, about 100 km east of Fort McMurray,…
Connacher Records Q1 Loss
The drastic price drops in bitumen, crude oil and natural gas left Connacher Oil and Gas (CLL-T, CLLZF-O) with a $46.8-million loss in the first quarter of 2008 despite an increase in production.