CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Xstrata hunts LionOre
Torontos XSTRATA NICKEL is on the hunt for another Canadian acquisition since Xstrata won the battle for Falconbri...
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NICKEL DEVELOPMENT – Ambatovy receives key certification
MADAGASCAR - The Ambatovy project has received certification under Madagascars Large Mining Investment Act (LGIM),...
ONTARIO BUDGET – Diamond royalty under fire
TORONTO - On March 22, the ONTARIO GOVERNMENT brought down its 2007 budget. The document was hailed by academic, la...
COPPER-GOLD RESOURCES – Donnelly zone shaping up for Canadian Gold Hunter
BRITISH COLUMBIA - CANADIAN GOLD HUNTER of Vancouver says there are at least 1.04 billion lb of copper and 1.73 mil...
BASE METAL EXPLORATION – HudBay options more properties
MANITOBA - Winnipeg-based HUDBAY MINERALS has optioned four more base metal properties in the Snow Lake area. ROCKC...
LEAD-ZINC EXPLORATION – Prairie Creek core assays 56% combined Pb-Zn
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Drilling along the new decline at its Prairie Creek project 500 km west of Yellowknife, CAN...
DONE DEAL – Freeport, Phelps Dodge form leading copper company
NEW ORLEANS and PHOENIX - On March 19, 2007, the takeover of PHELPS DODGE CORP. by FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD I...
FUEL SPILL – Miramar to pay fine for incident at Hope Bay
NUNAVUT - MIRAMAR HOPE BAY LTD. of Vancouver has been fined $100,000 in NUNAVUT TERRITORIAL COURT in Cambridge Bay ...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Canadian Arrow, Crystallex, Fronteer Development, Galore Resources, Goldcliff, Soho Resources, Uracan and Uranerz
Garett Macdonald, a veteran of Ontarios gold mines, Albertas oil sands and the BC coal fields, has been appoint V...
COGENERATION PLANT – Suncor lets contract for Firebag project
ALBERTA - SUNCOR has awarded the contract for a gas-fired cogeneration plant for its Firebag in-situ oil sands proj...
PHILANTHROPY – Adolf Lundin Foundation launched
VANCOUVER - LUNDIN MINING and the Lundin family have set aside US$2.0 million to launch a foundation in memory of t...
GOLD MILLING – Coeur to build new plant at Martha mine
ARGENTINA - COEUR DALENE MINES will build a flotation mill at its Martha gold mine in the province of Santa Cruz b...
New Found Gold expands high grade mineralization at Queensway gold project
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG; NYSE-A: NFGC) announced new drill results from the company’s Queensway gold project in Newfoundland and Labrador. New Found Gold’s Queensway gold project […]