March 2, 2015

Poor market conditions put major chill on global exploration

Global exploration spending dropped 26% in last year, compared with 2013, as several juniors threw in the towel and producing miners slammed the brakes on capital and exploration expenditure.

March 1, 2015

Hearings start Monday on new uranium mine in Canadian Arctic

Hearings starting on Monday for a new uranium mine in Canada's Nunavut territory are attracting opposition from environmentalists and local First Nations who say the Kiggavik project impinges on important…

March 1, 2015

Fission hits off-scale on land, 555m west of Triple R

High-grade, shallow depth, wide mineralization.

February 28, 2015

VIDEO: Fractionator on the move

Huge.

February 27, 2015

Glencore slashes Australian coal production

The cuts include scaling back some operations and deferring projects. Further job cuts to follow.

February 26, 2015

Macquarie’s Brian Bagnell: Forget peak oil; worry about peak demand

Brian Bagnell of Macquarie Capital Markets has two caveats for investors in junior oil and gas companies: Expect extreme volatility, and don't expect oil prices above $70/barrel anytime soon.

February 26, 2015

Fission Files 43-101 Report and AIF With SEDAR for Triple R Deposit at PLS

FISSION URANIUM CORP. has filed on its SEDAR profile a National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects technical report entitled "Technical Report on the Patterson Lake South…

February 26, 2015

Poor provincial grade disputed by BC mining group

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia says the province still top destination for companies and investors.

February 25, 2015

Massive drop in mining exploration funding in Western Australia, survey finds

Mining companies in Western Australia have massively reduced their exploration budgets, a new survey has found.

February 25, 2015

Rio’s Turquoise Hill gets rid of remaining stake in SouthGobi

Chinese Novel Sunrise Investments has agreed to buy 48.7 million shares in SouthGobi —which was once worth over US$2.4 billion —for 35 cents per share in cash.