Ridgetop copper-gold zone shaping up for Capstone
Vancouver – The last 28 drill results from Capstone Mining’s (CS-T) 2008 drill program at the Minto mine conf…
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FNX stops Sudbury nickel production indefinitely
FNX Mining (FNX-T) is halting nickel production at its Levack mine and adjoining McCreedy West mine in Sudbury, Ont…
Selwyn finds yet another zinc-lead zone
Vancouver – Results are rolling in from a summer exploration program at the Selwyn Resources’ (SWN-V) namesake proj…
Houston Lake Mining digs Dogpaw
Seventy-six percent of the holes Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-O) has drilled on its Dogpaw Lake property near …
Linear says new resource makes KM61 prefeasibilty-ready
Linear Metals (LRM-T) has come out with a resource estimate for its KM61 copper-moly-silver project near Armstrong,…
Best-ever zinc grades at Scott Lake
Cogitore Resources (WOO-V) reported its best-ever zinc grades from recent drilling at Scott Lake near Chibouga…
Agnico Bewitched By Kittila
SITE VISIT Kittila, Finland — Finnish legend tells of a powerful witch named Paivio who lived in far northern Finland with the primeval Finnish shamans, famous for their magic. One…
Diamonds In For A Rough Ride, But Future’s Still Brilliant
Saskatoon, Sask. — As diamond producers and explorers alike consider the global financial situation, they know they are in for a rough ride. However, even before the financial crisis hit, most in the…
Reed Lake Drilling Paying Off For VMS Ventures
Vancouver — The Reed Lake discovery continues to return solid copper-zinc-silver-gold intersections for VMS Ventures (VMS-V, VMSTF-O).
BHP Backs In On Peregrine’s Chidliak
BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-l), the principal owner of Canada’s wildly successful Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, seems to think Peregrine Diamonds’ (PGD-t) Chidliak project, on southern…
Denison Slides On Midwest Deferral
Vancouver — Investors drove Denison Mines’ (DML-T, DNN-x) share price down 24% after the company announced plans to shut down the Tony M uranium mine in Utah and shelve development plans for the Midw…
Editorial: BHP Billiton Dodges A US$42B Bullet
The week ended Nov. 29, the 48th trading week of 2008, was characterized by a couple of things that didn’t happen.