February 3, 2012

TomaGold Corporation Starts Drilling on its Monster Lake Gold Project

TOMAGOLD CORPORATION (TSX VENTURE:LOT)("TomaGold" or the "Company") - is pleased to announce the beginning of a 3,000 metres, 21 holes, drill program on the 100% owned Monster Lake Property located…

February 3, 2012

Imperial Oil green-lights $2 billion Cold Lake expansion

Imperial Oil is spending $2 billion to expand its Cold Lake insitu oilsands operation in northeastern Alberta.

February 3, 2012

Northern Gold Raises Over $3.8M Through the Exercise of Warrants Issued Pursuant to a $2,500,500 Previous Private Placement

Northern Gold Mining Inc. ("Northern Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NGM) announces that since issue 25,074,270 warrants have been exercised for gross proceeds of $3,862,700. TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3,…

February 3, 2012

Caterpillar shuts locked out Electro-Motive plant in Canada

American-based heavy equipment maker Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) through its subsidiary Electro-Motive Canada (EMC), said today that it is closing EMC's locomotive production operations at its London, Ontario plant, after several months…

February 3, 2012

URSA Major Minerals temporarily suspends operations at Shakespeare nickel mine

URSA Major Minerals Incorporated ("URSA Major" or the "Company") (TSX:UMJ) has temporarily suspended operations at the Shakespeare Nickel Mine, located 70 km west of Sudbury, Ontario.

February 3, 2012

IAMGOLD declares rare earth inferred resource of 467 million tonnes at a grade of 1.65% TREO

IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD" or the "Company") today announced that it has declared an inferred resource of 466.8 million tonnes at a grade of 1.65% Total Rare Earth Oxides ("TREO") as…

February 3, 2012

Canada, Alberta to Outline Oil Sands Monitoring Program

The government of Canada and the province of Alberta will outline its program for monitoring the environmental impact of the oil sands industry, an Alberta environment ministry spokeswoman said.

February 3, 2012

Mining in Canada contributed $36 billion to GDP, 300,000 jobs, new report finds

Canada's mining sector contributed $36 billion to the national GDP in 2010, and employed 308,000 workers in mineral extraction, smelting, fabrication and manufacturing. An additional 3,215 companies supplied engineering, geotechnical,…

February 3, 2012

Canada: Pipeline Rejection Highlights Oil Sands Hurdles

Alberta-to-Texas oil pipeline expansion has raised questions about how massive anticipated output growth in production from Canada's oil sands will find enough markets.

February 2, 2012

Peregrine Completes Chidliak Purchase and Announces Senior Management Appointment

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") (TSX:PGD) is pleased to report that it has completed the purchase of BHP Billiton's 51 percent participating interest in the 8,580 square kilometre…