June 4, 2012

U.S. grants Zimbabwe officials visas for blood diamond meet despite rights concerns, sanctions

The Obama administration has granted visas to two senior officials from Zimbabwe to attend a meeting of an international body charged with monitoring and preventing the sale of blood diamonds,…

June 4, 2012

Silver Mountain announces new board member

Silver Mountain Mines Inc. announces the appointment of Mr. Terry Tucker, P. Geo. to the Company's Board of Directors.

June 4, 2012

Canada’s metals and mining companies are all smiles: survey

The first Canadian mid-market chief financial officer (CFO) survey published today by GE Capital, shows that local metals and mining companies are extremely positive about the current state of the…

June 4, 2012

Rockhaven Resources Ltd. announces 2012 exploration plans at Klaza, Yukon

Rockhaven Resources Ltd. declares exploration plans for its wholly-owned and road accessible Klaza property, located in the Gold Belt of central Yukon Territory.

June 4, 2012

Canadian Matamec sets up rare earths pilot plant at Quebec project

Junior miner Matamec Explorations, currently developing the Kipawa rare earths project in western Quebec, Canada, said on Monday it had started a pilot plant to enable the continuous processing of…

June 2, 2012

Diane Francis thinks Thomas Mulcair is a much bigger problem

National Post columnist, Diane Francis, counts the ways she believes Thomas Mulcair is failing as Leader of the Opposition, and while the NDP and ruling conservatives are currently neck-and-neck in…

June 2, 2012

First Nations point fingers after finding two deformed fish in Lake Athabasca

Members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) are publicizing two deformed fish they caught in Lake Athabasca on Wednesday, intimating destruction of fish habitat from oil sands operations up…

June 1, 2012

Nautilus dispute with Papua New Guinea to delay or even cancel underwater mining dreams

Canada-based Nautilus Minerals Inc. said its Solwara 1 underwater copper project could be delayed or even cancelled due to a dispute with Papua New Guinea over the mine ownership agreement.

June 1, 2012

Balmoral reports more broad gold intercepts at Martiniere East Detour Trend gold project, Quebec

All four holes for which results were reported intersected significant gold mineralization highlighted by intercepts of 53.00 metres grading 0.88 g/t, 44.60 metres grading 0.97 g/t gold and high-grade intercepts…

June 1, 2012

Bolivia to decide Canadian South American Silver mine’s future based on indigenous referendum

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales announced he will consult the indigenous communities of the Altiplano before authorizing the eventual exploitation of the silver and indium deposit of Mallku Khota, currently under…