Stornoway turns over Ashton board (October 11, 2006)
Robert Boyd will stay on as interim chief executive officer at Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O), but now th…
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Pine Valley hits more oxidized coal than expected
The market continued to pull down Pine Valley Mining (PVM-T) shares, as the Vancouver-based coal producer announced…
Queenston cuts new gold zone at Upper Beaver
Drill holes north of the established mineralization at the Upper Beaver gold property in Gauthier Twp., about 20 km…
Juniors take over New Britannia (October 10, 2006)
Vancouver-based juniors Garson Resources (GARR-C) and Piper Capital (PCL-V) have agreed to acquire the dormant New …
Resource estimate for Eleonore expected in the new year
When Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) did the US$425-million deal to acquire the Eleonore gold project from Virginia Gold Mines…
Matoush mineralization continues to expand
Otish Mountains, Que. — The buzz of the scintilometer grows louder as consultant Roger Laine springs through the spongy muskeg on his way to a trench carved out of the sediments of northern Quebec’s…
Editorial: NovaGold, Barrick edging towards year-long stalemate (October 09, 2006)
It’s easy to tell that metal prices are high and the stakes are getting even higher as we witness all the acrimony brewing between some of mining’s top CEOs….
Cumberland gets Nunavut approval for Meadowbank (October 09, 2006)
Vancouver — After a two-and-a-half-year public review process, Cumberland Resources (CLG-T, CLG-X) has received the blessing of the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) for development of its proposed…
Canarc intersects high-grade at New Polaris (October 09, 2006)
Vancouver — Drilling by Canarc Resource (CCM-T, CRCUF-O) at its New Polaris project in northwestern British Columbia has returned a high-grade hole including visible gold in the core….
EU okays Inco takeover
The European Commission’s competition regulator has cleared the Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) US$18.4-billion …
Strike ends at Voisey’s Bay
Some 120 members of the United Steelworkers at the Voisey’s Bay nickel operations in Labrador have ratified an agre…
Editorial: NovaGold, Barrick edging towards year-long stalemate (October 03, 2006)
It’s easy to tell that metal prices are high and the stakes are getting even higher as we witness all the acrimony …