March 29, 2012 Canadian junior miners claim ‘lack of industry support’ in disputes with First Nations Canadian exploration companies feel their industry association doesn’t hear them, Neal Smitheman, a lawyer who represents junior mining companies in disputes with First Nations, told CBC.
March 29, 2012 LIM receives environmental approval for Stage 2 Houston Project Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (TSX: LIM) is pleased to announce that it has received environmental approval and project release from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for its Houston…
March 28, 2012 Canadian crude falls to $47.50 below world price after dropping 14% in one day Bitumen is expensive to extract, upgrade and refine and cannot compete with the many new shale oil plays, which have pushed US production to its highest level in a decade.
March 28, 2012 Mitsubishi pays $81m for 25% stake in PGM mine Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp will pay $81.25 million to acquire a 25% ownership in the Marathon PGM and copper project owned by Stillwater Mining.
March 28, 2012 Alberta premier promises $3 billion to help clean up oil sands Alison Redford, the premier of the Canadian province of Alberta, promised on Wednesday to spend $3 billion on clean-up projects in the oil sands.
March 28, 2012 Junior delivers promising results near historic Sullivan Mine As one would expect during this period of instability, miners have become increasingly drawn towards the surroundings of past-producing mines.
March 28, 2012 AuRico Gold dumps Australian mines for $105 million AuRico Gold pulled the trigger on its Australian operations on Tuesday, selling the Stawell and Fosterville mines to Crocodile Gold Corp for up to $105 million.
March 28, 2012 Kirkland to buy Queenston JV stake for C$60m A joint-venture between junior-miner Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI) and junior-explorer Queenston Mining (TSX: QMI) on properties near the former's Macassa mine in Ontario is coming to an end.
March 28, 2012 Canada’s Labrador to drive potential iron ore boom in the country A remote geographic zone straddling Canadian Québec and Labrador areas is causing quite a stir in mining circles due to the large iron reserves waiting to be developed into mines.
March 28, 2012 Goldcorp squashes mega-merger rumours GoldCorp CEO, Chuck Jeannes says the group is far more interested in early stage gold projects than just "trading dollars for future production".
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