Standalone regulator urged after crash 11/28/2010
Former supreme court justice urges 'separate and independent' agency to control safety in Newfoundland's offshore oil industry
An inquiry into a helicopter crash last year off Newfoundland-Labrador that killed 17 of 18 people on board has called for an independent regulator to oversee safety in the province's offshore oil ind...

2010 Mining Explorers: Pure Nickel Inc. 10/31/2010
NIC: TSX President and CEO: David McPherson Chairman: R. David Russell Chief Consulting Geologist: Larry Hulbert Pure Nickel Inc., a junior with a portfolio of nickel and platinum group element proje...

Mining News: B.C. workshop focuses on rare metals geology 10/31/2010
British Columbia's Ministry of Energy, Mines and Resources and Geological Survey are sponsoring an international workshop on the geology of rare metals Nov. 9-10, 2010 at the Harbour Towers Hotel in Vic...

Mining News: REE staking rush yields early promise 10/31/2010
More explorers seek economic concentrations of strategic minerals in British Columbia's emerging Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt
More and more explorers are buying up and/or staking claims in an elongated area of central British Columbia that is emerging as a significant rare earth metals play, while juniors line up to mobilize...

Mackenzie a 'must' 09/26/2010
NWT cabinet minister pressures government to invest in Mackenzie Gas Project
The Mackenzie Gas project "must be built" to support Canada's shift to a low-carbon future and to enable the Northwest Territories to realize its energy development potential, NWT Industry Minister Bo...

Regulatory board says censorship a 'mistake' 08/01/2010
Newfoundland regulator concedes it blundered in limiting information made public on emergency response plan for deepwater well
The public may never have felt more certain about its right to know the details of blowout response plans by offshore explorers. Amid the fallout from the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe, it would seem, at...

Mining News: REEs become rarer on China export cuts 07/25/2010
The Far East country chokes global supply of the high-technology metals prompting the U.S. to stimulate domestic production
China, which mines the majority of the global supply of rare earth elements within its borders, has, over recent years, increasingly restricted its exports of the unique minerals to non-China-based pr...

Calls for bids in Flemish Pass area 07/11/2010
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board has issued two calls for bids in the Flemish Pass-Central Ridge region. The July 6 call includes three parcels; sealed bids are due Nov....

Mining News: Explorers descend on Kahiltna Terrane 06/27/2010
Geologists scour this rugged, mineral-rich, but underexplored Alaska region known to produce huge porphyry copper-gold deposits
From the enormous Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project to grassroots gold and copper discoveries, the Kahiltna Terrane of Southwest Alaska is becoming a hot destination for mining companies seeking t...

NEB plans public role 06/20/2010
Canadian regulator invites public participation in Arctic offshore SandE rules
Canada's federal energy regulator is seeking public input to its upcoming review of Arctic offshore drilling, while the Newfoundland government, the only province where offshore drilling is currently...

Canada launches oil and gas review 06/13/2010
In a rare show of unity, members of the Canadian Parliament have endorsed a motion urging the federal government to review and revise its laws governing the development of the oil sands, shale gas and...

Canadian Beaufort ban urged 06/06/2010
Canadian regulators claim there could never be a duplication of the Gulf of Mexico events in Atlantic Canada waters, at the same time a former federal scientist warned that an oil spill in the Beaufor...

Canada faces offshore test 06/06/2010
Enbridge files for Northern Gateway, pledging 'model of world-class safety'; environmentalists, First Nations ready for battle
Amid a swirling debate over future oil and gas activity in Canada's offshore, spawned by the Gulf of Mexico blowout, Enbridge is fanning the flames by officially placing its plans to ship Alberta oil...

Mining News: Millrock projects attract global miners 05/30/2010
Teck options Alaska gold property to become latest major to partner with junior on copper and gold prospects that it generates
When the financial storm of late 2008 wreaked havoc on global markets, Millrock Resources Inc. refrained from splurging its precious cash on expensive drill campaigns. But it didn't it sit idly by wai...

Canada scrutiny tougher 05/30/2010
Regulator tightens oversight on offshore Newfoundland well in response to Gulf
The Gulf of Mexico disaster has made its impact in Atlantic Canada waters, with a regulatory agency tightening its scrutiny of a new deepwater well offshore Newfoundland. Just 10 days after drilling s...

Canada offshore in doubt 05/23/2010
Blowout stalls Beaufort activities until 2014; Amauligak find being examined
Chevron Canada may have slipped under the wire, but others in Canada's offshore regions are faced with paying a heavy price for events in the Gulf of Mexico. Along with its partners Royal Dutch Shell...

Facing down offshore challenges 05/16/2010
Chevron starts drilling deepest well ever in Eastern Canada's Orphan Basin confident it has measures in place to handle a blowout; Newfoundland government said the oil industry is too critical to region's economy to suspend offshore exploration
Drilling started May 9 on the deepest well ever planned for Canadian waters – a venture Imperial Oil chief executive officer Bruce March described as "high-risk," an economic gamble that has been comp...

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: Majors discover value in Millrock 11/01/2009
Investments help project-generating junior seek new gold projects in tough financial times
When Greg Beischer and Phil St. George teamed up to form Millrock Resources Inc. early in 2007, they set out to make big discoveries that would attract the interest of the world's mining giants. The M...

Fiscal climate in eastern Canada calm 10/11/2009
Area economy small, driven by large offshore projects; Repsol newest player; ConocoPhillips hunting rig, may face political issues
Eastern Canada is a region normally associated with high winds and high unemployment. Ironically, however, the fiscal climate there remains calm during this recession. In some parts of the region, rea...