April 11, 2016

Tree-top sampling program may help uncover new mineral deposits in B.C.

Geoscience BC is looking at whether concentrations of trace amounts of metals found in trees could lead prospectors to the next big mineral discovery.

April 11, 2016

For the Navajo nation, uranium mining’s deadly legacy lingers

As the Cold War threat petered out companies left, abandoning more than 500 mines in an area that is home to more than 250,000 people.

April 8, 2016

CAPP sees 62% decrease in oil and gas spending for Canada

This reduction according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, is the largest two-year decline since the start of tracking this data in 1947.

April 8, 2016

$85 crude oil by Christmas – an interview with Mike Rothman

Oil prices may be gyrating up and down, but Mr. Rothman provided some juicy clues for investors, highlighting some key near-term trends for crude oil.

April 7, 2016

Canada unveils final anti-corruption law for the extractive sector

Estimated to cover the nearly 2,000 natural resource companies whose businesses are registered in Canada or trade on Toronto’s stock exchange.

April 7, 2016

Alberta shuts oil sands environmental monitoring agency

After report concluded the program was a “failed experiment.”

April 6, 2016

The rights and wrongs of rights issues

Rights issues are the best way of raising funds in a way that does not disadvantage existing shareholders

April 6, 2016

Ex-coal CEO sentenced to a year in prison over mine-safety conspiracy

The sentencing comes six years and one day after a fatal explosion killed 29 at Massey’s Upper Big Branch mine.

April 6, 2016

Canadians to develop space mining tool

Deltion Innovations aims to design a drill that would prospect for water, ice and resources on the moon and beyond.

April 5, 2016

Freeport’s stuck with oil and gas

Copper giant's review of energy division results in axing of executives, but not much more.