Mining News: Junior scores 'major' coup in Far North 01/17/2010
AngloGold Ashanti Holdings Plc joins Commander Resources Inc. quest for 'elephant' gold on district-scale Baffin Island property
Among juniors actively working to attract majors to invest in mineral exploration projects scattered across Canada's Far North, one Vancouver, B.C.-based company leaped to the front of the pack recent...

Husky makes oil strike in Newfoundland 12/06/2009
Husky Energy, currently the most active company in Atlantic Canada's offshore, has brought some cheer to an otherwise bleak exploration year in the region, disclosing a possible new source of oil just...

Mining Explorers 2009: Economy dims North star in 2009 11/01/2009
Diamond, metals exploration continues, albeit at somewhat slower pace in Northwest Territories
Hampered by a recession-driven drought in capital markets, mineral explorers in the Northwest Territories met the challenges of 2009 with a variety of survival strategies. With significant diamond, pr...

Mining Explorers 2009: Commander Resources Ltd. 11/01/2009
CMD: TSX-V President and CEO: Kenneth Leigh Chairman: David Watkins Vice President, Exploration: Bernard H. Kahlert Commander Resources Ltd., incorporated in 1987 in British Columbia, is a diversifie...

Mining Explorers 2009: Explorers seek Arctic riches 11/01/2009
Far North minerals, diamonds still beckon to investors in down year
Mineral-rich Nunavut Territory celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009 and mining explorers seeking diamonds and precious and base metals brought their drills to the party. The territory, home to only...

Mining Explorers 2009: BHP Billiton plc 11/01/2009
BLT: LON Chief Executive Officer: Marius Kloppers Chief Financial Officer: Alex Vanselow London-based BHP Billiton, one of the world's largest diversified resources companies, owns nearly 80 perce...

Mining News: Junior finds more diamonds at Chidliak 09/27/2009
Peregrine reports discovery of seven more kimberlites, impressive numbers of large and microdiamonds in recent kimberlite samples
Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. has discovered seven additional kimberlites on its 9,800-square-kilometer, or 3,784-square-mile, Chidliak Project in Nunavut, and recent tests yielded discovery of large diamon...

Mining News: Recession drives miners into mergers 08/30/2009
Tough economic conditions precipitate flurry of consolidation among majors, juniors that do business in Alaska, Northwest Canada
The recession is taking its toll among mining companies with properties in Alaska and northwestern Canada as mergers and acquisitions surged in this sector during the second quarter, in step with a gl...

Mining News: Peregrine attacks major diamond prospect 06/28/2009
Mining giant BHP Billiton steps up with critical funds for 2009 exploration of Arctic property despite tight capital markets
A good bit of the excitement in Nunavut's mining sector this summer is being generated by Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. at the Chidliak Project on Baffin Island. The junior's 2009 exploration program of the...

Mining News: Mining industry invests in communities 06/28/2009
Companies advance in emerging field of sustainable development by tackling tough issues such as public health, environment
Few can argue that the business of mining and mineral development has evolved dramatically in recent years. Engineering standards. Environmental safeguards. Regulatory oversight. Operational efficienc...

Mining News: Mineral Roundup in the Northwest Territories 03/29/2009
The Northwest Territories has four operating mines: three diamond producers and one long-running tungsten operation. Exploration and development activity was brisk in 2008 with the most advanced proje...

Mining News: PDAC offers miners feast of information 03/29/2009
Annual convention, trade show brings world mining industry together for premium networking, learning and marketing opportunities
TORONTO – For a first-timer, attending the 77th Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada annual International Convention, Trade Show and Investors Exchange overwhelmed, teased, tantalized and...

Mining News: Mineral Roundup in Nunavut Territory 02/22/2009
Producing mines Early in 2008, Tahera Diamond Corp., owner and operator of Jericho Diamond Mine – Canada's third, and Nunavut's first diamond mine – filed bankruptcy and sought creditor protection....

Mining News: Alaska mining industry sees quiet month 02/22/2009
Opportunities still exist in depressed economic climate, but government intervention can sometimes make things worse, not better
The Alaska mining industry was relatively quiet over the last month with most of the news coming from programs completed in 2008. In addition, some programs have already started in 2009 but details ar...

Mining News: Alaska mining project roundup 01/25/2009
Alaska saw robust mining activity in 2008 across the full spectrum of the industry, from small placer operations to major producers, and from exploration programs to advanced development projects. Her...

Mining News: Is Estelle Alaska's next Donlin Creek? 01/25/2009
Exploration team known for uncovering global-scale ore bodies says Millrock property has similarities to giant porphyry deposit
When Greg Beischer and Phil St. George teamed up to form Millrock Resources Inc. nearly two years ago, they set out to make big discoveries that would attract the interest of the world's mining giants...

Mining News: GNWT, diamond mines focus on workers 12/28/2008
Government and industry agree to take a collaborative approach in building skilled and stable work force in territory
The Government of the Northwest Territories and three diamond mines in the Northwest Territories entered a Memorandum of Understanding to further development and retention of the Arctic territory's di...

Mining News: 2008: A truly memorable year for mining 12/28/2008
Despite industry's tumultuous year, a decades-old truism that 'good projects get funded and good mines make money' offers comfort
As 2008 winds inexorably to a close, I found myself looking for words adequate to describe what will go down in history as one of the most memorable years in many a moon. Words like tumultuous, unpred...

Mining News: Junior mining companies active in Alaska exploration 10/26/2008
Full Metal Minerals Ltd. has 11 exploration projects spanning Alaska. The company's two primary projects are the Lucky Shot high-grade gold property about 90 miles north of Anchorage, and the LWM zinc...

Mining News: When the dust settles... 10/26/2008
AMA director Borell predicts Alaska will become more attractive to mining companies and reflects on important events of 2008
Alaska's mining industry captured the attention, not only of Alaskans but also the country during the past year when a controversy over the proposed Pebble Project in Southwest Alaska bubbled to the s...

Big strike in Gulf of Mexico 10/19/2008
Deepwater 'Freedom' wildcat exposes more than 550 feet of net oil pay; Noble, BP, Marathon, Samson partners in deepwater venture
Majority owner Noble Energy and partners BP, Marathon Oil and Samson Offshore have parlayed their $20 million, deepwater Gulf of Mexico exploration lease into an oil discovery that's proving to be muc...

Mining News: BHP releases interests in Iliamna to TNR 09/28/2008
Junior spins out ownership into new Alaska-based unit, pools efforts with Geocom Resources to explore Southwest Alaska property
BHP Billiton has completed an ownership transfer of the Iliamna property in Southwest Alaska to TNR Gold Corp. and Geocom Resources Inc. in early September. Two weeks later, TNR incorporated a new sub...

Mining News: Opportunities will mushroom for the bold 09/28/2008
Largest melt-down since the Great Depression brings uncertainty to U.S. economy; Alaska mining industry sure to feel effects
With termination dust settling ever lower throughout Alaska, the bulk of the 2008 exploration season has been completed, but lots of results are still pending from projects around the state. As the ex...

Mining News: Miners chase projects in Canada's Arctic 06/29/2008
Diamond producers battle effects of strong Canadian dollar, while handful of others advance various properties toward development
Mining exploration appears to be hotter than ever this season in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, but the Canadian Arctic region's few producers are getting hammered by the strong Canadian dolla...

Mining News: No better place for gold discoveries 06/29/2008
Miners are busy across Alaska with mineral projects, from prospecting to feasibility studies as state's resource count soars
Everyone who is planning to work on Alaska mineral projects in 2008 is busy doing just that as the longest day of summer quickly approaches. Programs ranging from grass-roots prospecting to multimilli...