Hathor continues to hum (August 18, 2008)
Hathor Exploration (HAT-V)wants to attract major interest in its Midwest NorthEast project in the Athabasca basin, and with its latest drill holes it continues to do just that.
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B. C., Yukon helicopter crashes kill five
VANCOUVER–Two mining-related helicopter crashes have killed five people in less than a week in Western Canada.
North American Tungsten undervalued, analyst
Vancouver – Despite positive drill results at its Cantung mine and ownership of one the world’s largest undeveloped…
Grande Cache Coal falls on financial results
Grande Cache Coal (GCE-T) failed to meet its own production targets for the last quarter and as a result had to wat…
More trouble for Cameco at Cigar Lake
Cameco’s (CCO-T) remediation program at Cigar Lake has been thwarted again. The company reported that work on s…
Linear Metals drills moly discovery at KM61
Armstrong, Ont. – If there is one character trait that a geologist must have, it is perseverance, and Matt Rees, ch…
Second fatal helicopter crash in a week kills pilot
Vancouver – A helicopter heading into a mining camp near Carmacks, Yukon, crashed on Saturday, killing the pilot. I…
Augen Gold on hot property
SITE VISIT JEROME, ONT. — Augen Gold (AUJ-V) CEO Michael Fowler believes that where there’s smoke, there’s probably fire. And with the Young-Shannon gold deposit close by (owned by Metallum…
Goldcorp dekes out Agnico-Eagle with Gold Eagle bid
The pace of takeovers in the mining sector shows no signs of slowing, with the latest move seeing heavyweight Goldcorp( G-T, GG-N) making a friendly $1.5-billion cash-and-shares bid for Gold Eagle Min…
Yukon-Nevada eyes Ketza revival
WHITEHORSE, YUKON — Yukon- Nevada Gold (YNG-T, YNGFF-O) has cut one of its best intercepts to date at its Ketza River property, about 125 km northeast of Whitehorse, Yukon. The market thanked Yukon-N…
Editorial: Teck, Goldcorp, find there’s no place like home
With Canadian miners running into all sorts of problems overseas dealing with greedy and at times openly hostile governments, assets back home in the Great White North are looking better each year, ev…
Tough quarter for HudBay
Lower zinc prices took their toll on HudBay Minerals’ (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) second-quarter earnings.