Cameco’s earnings go nuclear
Increased uranium sales at a higher realized price saw Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) more than quadruple its first quarter …
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Cross Lake lines up QR mine dollars
Vancouver – Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-T, CLKMF-O) plans a significant financing, in conjunction with a share consoli…
Eloro cuts zinc at Hurdman (May 01, 2006)
A drilling program by Eloro Resources (ELO-V, ELRRF-O) at the Hurdman property, 25 km north of Smooth Rock Falls, Ont., has intersected zinc-silver mineralization along the strike extension of known m…
Cumberland makes steady gains at Meadowbank
Vancouver — When it comes to developing new mines in Canada’s North, the race is almost never to the swift, but rather to the steady. Cumberland Resources (CLG-T, CLG-X) appears to be making steady p…
Sparring partners approve FalC budget (May 01, 2006)
Despite ongoing legal wrangling, the Fort la Corne (FalC) joint-venture partners have unanimously approved a whopping $43.2-million exploration budget for their 225-sq.-km diamond project, about 60…
Miramar grows Hope Bay resource (May 01, 2006)
Vancouver — A significant resource increase at its Hope Bay gold project, in Nunavut, has Miramar Mining (MAE-T, MNG-X) pumped up about possible expanded development of the deposits….
Conquest cuts gold at King Bay (May 01, 2006)
A 3-hole winter drilling program by Conquest Resources (CQR-V, CQRL-O), at the King’s Bay property in the Sturgeon Lake area of northwestern Ontario, has intersected stockwork gold mineralization….
Nuptials to unite uranium juniors
Vancouver — In a move to create an expanded uranium-focused junior, Bayswater Ventures (BVE-V, BVEVF-O) and Pathfinder Resources (PHR-V, PFDFF-O) have announced plans to merge….
Goldcorp finds buyer for Placer properties
Vancouver — A newly inked deal with Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) sets the stage for Atlas Cromwell (ACR.H-V, ACRWF-O) to revive the Mount Milligan copper-gold deposit in central British Columbia, one of the…
Editorial: Go west, even to BC now
The bumbling reign of the socialist New Democratic Party in British Columbia during the 1990s did such deep damage to the mining sector in the province that it’s still not fully recovered, even five y…
Blue Pearl eyes Davidson connector (May 01, 2006)
Underground drilling on the Lower zone at the Davidson molybdenum project, 10 km west of Smithers, B.C., continues to return encouraging results for Blue Pearl Mining (BLE-T, BLEFF-O)….
Ekati mine unfazed by strike
Three weeks into its first-ever strike, BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) 7-year-old Ekati diamond mine, about 300 km northeas…