Osisko touts the ‘Quebec advantage’
Denver, Colo. — Sean Roosen, president and chief executive of Osisko Mining (OSK-T, OSKFF-o), wasn’t the only executive at the recent Denver Gold Forum to praise Quebec as one of the best places, if …
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Ursa in preproduction mode at Shakespeare
As nickel prices plunge below the US$8-per-lb. range and world stockpiles grow, Ursa Major Minerals (UMJ-T, UMJMF-o) is taking the safe route for the time being at its Shakespeare open-pit nickel proj…
Aurizon adding production
Vancouver — Calculated risk has been Aurizon Mines’ (ARZ-T, AZK-x) secret to success. For president and CEO David Hall, the gamble was putting together an experienced team in 2003 — before the price…
Nyah discovers new zones at Agnew Lake North
Having completed a 3,500-metre, 11-hole drill program on its 100%- owned Agnew Lake North uranium project, about 40 km west of Sudbury, Ont., Nyah Resources (NRU-v) has concluded that favourable geolo…
St Andrew forgoes feasibility at Holloway-Holt
St Andrew Goldfields’ (SAS-T, SASXF-o) goal of re-igniting mining at the former Holt and Holloway mines just east of Matheson, in northern Ontario, is getting ever closer.
Cashed-up Lake Shore speeds ahead at Timmins West (September 26, 2008)
With capital scarce and share prices in the dumps, many juniors are struggling to raise the money they need to adva…
$20M for San Gold in private placement
Vancouver – San Gold’s (SGR-V, SGRCF-O) coffers will get a healthy top-up with a $20 million bought-deal private pl…
Queenston reports Upper Beaver resource; keeps drilling
The first resource estimate for Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T) Upper Beaver gold-copper deposit is a key milestone towa…
Northern Gold explores Kirana’s gold potential (September 22, 2008)
Fortified by a $3.2-million treasury, Toronto-based Northern Gold Mining (NGM-V, NTGMF-O) has launched an ambitious…
Southwestern settles lawsuits for $15.5M
Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O) has settled the class action lawsuits brought against it last year following news that drill grades in the database of its Boka gold project, in China’s Yunnan …
Copper Rand mine to close its doors
The Copper Rand mine in Chibougamau, Que., will soon be no more.
From Pine Point, Tamerlane sees beyond metals trough
With commodity prices tumbling all around it, Tamerlane Ventures (TAM-V) has finished a bankable feasibility study for its Pine Point project, in the Northwest Territories, 130 km south of Yellowknife…