The second coming of Idaho’s Silver Valley
VANCOUVER–North Idaho’s Silver Valley is famous for having produced about 1.2 billion oz. of silver plus by-product metals from mines that in some cases operated for more than a century.
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Ur-Energy study finds potential at Lost Creek
A preliminary economic assessment on Ur-Energy’s (URE-T, UREGF-O) Lost Creek uranium deposit in Sweetwater Cty., Wyo., found that the project would be economic at uranium prices above US$40 per lb.
Cline moves toward coal production at New Elk
Now with a coal preparation plant, silos and mining equipment in the hands of Cline Mining (CMK-T), the company is …
Gemcom taken out by private equity firms for $180 million
Vancouver – In a commodity supercycle it pays to remember that mining companies don’t go it alone. Without support …
From Los Alamos to the rock face (May 06, 2008)
A new diamond technology developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has promising applications i…
Will technology derail the uranium boom? (April 28, 2008)
Emerging from a long slump, uranium has consistently proven itself as a hot commodity over the last decade, with a price performance nothing short of stellar. According to Ux Consulting Co. of Roswell…
Residents of Oklahoma town sue over historic pollution
Kaylee Jernigan and her mother Kim live less than half a mile from the site of a smelter that refined zinc and cadmium ore concentrates for 58 years before it was closed down in 1974.
Feasibility study for Ashdown moly mine
Although molybdenum production is already under way at the Ashdown mine near Denio, Nev., 60-40 joint-venture partners Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-O) and Win-Eldrich Mines (WEX-V, WIDMF-O) have rele…
Redhawk hits near-surface copper
Redhawk Resources (RDK-V) has intersected some solid copper grades at its Copper Creek project near San Manuel, Ari…
Galway looks to improve Victorio economics (April 23, 2008)
Galway Resources (GWY-V) is using the recommendations from a scoping study on its Victorio molybdenum-tungsten proj…
Western Uranium counts down lithium spinoff
VANCOUVER — Western Uranium (WUC-V, WURNF-O) anticipates the spin-out of lithium assets at its Kings Valley project in northwestern Nevada will be complete by this June.
Mosquito sends five drills to CUMO
Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (MSQ-V) has released a technical report for its CUMO molybdenum-copper project in …