Jo shows more zinc and silver for Sabina (August 25, 2008)
Vancouver – While a frustrating delay continues to hang over its Hackett River prefeasibility study, Sabina Silver …
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Baffin Island sparkles for Peregrine Diamonds
It’s not every day that you find diamonds outcropping at surface in the Arctic and some geologists will go a lifeti…
Linear drills KM61 moly discovery
SITE VISIT ARMSTRONG, ONT.–If there is one character trait that a geologist must have, it is perseverance, and Matt Rees, chief geologist of Linear Metals (LRM-T, LMTCF-O), certainly possesses this…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE AUG. 12-18
The period of Aug. 12-18 was another bearish one for the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index. By the end of the period the exchange had lost another 91.71 points, bringing the cumulative loss from Jul…
Cameco in the dog days of summer
Cameco’s( CCO-T)remediation program has been thwarted again at Cigar Lake, one ofthe world’s largest undeveloped uranium deposits, situated in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin.
Rau results get Atac noticed
VANCOUVER–The first drill result out of Atac Resources’ (ATC-V)Rau gold project in the central Yukon impressed investors enough to give the junior a nice share price lift.
Fortune rejigs Mt. Klappan feasibility
VANCOUVER–A lot has changed in the two and a half years since Fortune Minerals’ (FT-T, FTMDF-O) last feasibility study for the Mount Klappan anthracite coal project, 330 km northeast of Prince Rupert…
Keep an eye on NA Tungsten, says Haywood’s Thompson
VANCOUVER — Some mining analysts who recently visited the Arctic tungsten assets of North American Tungsten (NTC-V) question whether the company can cut it in the Yukon, despite positive drill result…
Odds ‘n’ sods: The story of Red Lake
— The following is an excerpt from Red Lake: Golden Treasure Chest, a new 164-page book by Michael Barnes chronicling the community and mines that have sprung up northwestern Ontario’s gold-rich Red …
Serengeti expands Kwanika (August 25, 2008)
VANCOUVER — With the assays in hand from another dozen drill holes from an ongoing 59-hole campaign this year at its Kwanika property, about 250 km east of Smithers, B. C., Serengeti Resources’ (SIR-…
Barrick’s Q2 strong despite rising costs
Despite a 91% jump in oil prices, which averaged US$124 per barrel in the second quarter compared with US$65 per barrel in the same quarter a year ago, Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) second-quarter rev…
San Gold on cusp of resource update (August 25, 2008)
VANCOUVER–Exploration drilling in and around San Gold’s (SGR-V, SGRCF-O) operating Rice Lake mine, 230 km northeast of Winnipeg, Man., continues to pay off with high-grade gold. San Gold CEO Dale Gin…