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...

Dennis McLerran to head EPA region 10 01/17/2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Jan. 13 that Dennis J. McLerran has been selected to be the regional administrator for EPA's region 10, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington a...

Power from the North Slope by HVDC? 12/20/2009
State-of-the-art high-voltage direct current, or HVDC, technology is changing the rule book for long-distance power transmission, thus perhaps making feasible the export of large-scale power supplies...

Mining News: Livengood explorer could build mine 12/20/2009
Junior seems reluctant to turn over multimillion-ounce Alaska gold asset to major; vows to assemble operations team in early 2010
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.'s rapidly expanding Livengood gold project could prove to be the catalyst that transitions the Vancouver B.C.-based junior from explorer to producer. "The Livengoo...

Mining News: Selwyn teams with Chinese miner 12/20/2009
Investor will sink C$100 million into new joint operator charged with advancing giant zinc-lead deposit to commercial production
Selwyn Resources Ltd., owner of the zinc and lead deposit of the same name in the mountains of eastern Yukon Territory, has entered a binding framework agreement with a large Chinese corporate investo...

New economic age for Canada 12/13/2009
Final terms for Northern Gateway regulatory hearing coincide with Harper's declaration that Asia-Pacific supplanting US, Europe
The pieces are now in place for a Canadian regulatory hearing that carries profound overtones for Canada's economic future, now that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has rated the Asia-Pacific region ahe...

Asia-bound, 'sooner rather than later' 11/29/2009
Enbridge, Kinder on verge of revealing strategies to open new markets for Alberta oil sands production, urged on by interest groups
Between now and mid-2010, the prospects of shipping bitumen from the Alberta oil sands to Asian refineries are heading toward make-or-break decisions. Enbridge anticipates submitting an application to...

Mining News: Junior seeks flavor of Coffee prospect 11/22/2009
Kaminak Gold gets promising start on exploration of its claims in the historically gold-rich White District south of Dawson City
Kaminak Gold Corp. is one of the frontrunners in the exploration rush sparked by Underworld Resources Inc.'s recent gold discovery in the White District of Yukon Territory. In less than six months, th...

Mining News: 2008 gold discovery gets better in 2009 11/22/2009
Explorer drills longer intersections of high-grade gold at Rau Project in east-central Yukon; plans C$12.5 million program in 2010
RAU PROJECT, Yukon Territory – While the "White Gold Rush" captured the headlines in 2009, Atac Resources Ltd. quietly conducted a one-company claim-staking rush covering known geochemical and geologi...

Mining News: Race heats up for territory's next mine 11/22/2009
Alexco Resource and Yukon Zinc are rolling into home stretch of competition to develop Yukon's second operating mine after Minto
The race to become the next operating mine in Yukon Territory is heating up as two projects, Alexco Resource Corp.'s Bellekeno silver project and Yukon Zinc Corp.'s Wolverine volcanic massive sulphide...

Mining News: Big brains and why mining needs them 11/22/2009
With six major mines poised to come on line, British Columbia's industry is ready to challenge the best and the brightest thinkers
The first thing that makes mining a complex business is the science of finding a mine. We have over 12,000 mineral occurrences in BC and less than 20 major mines. It takes years just to locate, evalua...

Mining News: New junior targets production in 2010 11/22/2009
Harmony Gold JVs Lucky Shot property, plans to spend US$15 million to bring historical high-grade gold mine back into production
With its sights set on becoming one of North America's newest junior gold producers, Harmony Gold Corp. has entered into a joint venture agreement with Full Metal Minerals Ltd. on that company's high-...

Savant reacquires Beaufort Sea acreage 11/08/2009
Vancouver, B.C.-based Enterprise Energy Resources Ltd. has agreed to sell all the shares of its wholly owned subsidiary Bordeaux Alaska Holdings Inc. to Denver-based Savant Alaska LLC for US$700,000,...

Mining Explorers 2009: Sabina Silver Corp. 11/01/2009
SBB.V: TSX-V President and CEO: Anthony P. Walsh Lead Director: Roy E. Wilkes Exploration Manager: John F. Whitton Sabina Silver, an explorer in Canada since 2001, is a Canadian precious metals explor...

Mining Explorers 2009: Pinnacle Mines Ltd. 11/01/2009
PNL: TSX-V President, CEO and Geologist: Dr. Lawrence Dick Chief Financial Officer and Director: Herrick Lau Pinnacle Mines Ltd.'s predecessor company, Broadlands Resources Ltd., was organized in 1...

Mining Explorers 2009: Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. 11/01/2009
PGD: TSX Chairman and CEO: Eric Friedland President: Brooke Clements Vice President, Exploration VP: Peter Holmes Since 2002 Peregrine has focused on diamond exploration in northern Canada, acquiri...

Mining Explorers 2009: Northern Freegold Resources Ltd. 11/01/2009
NFR: TSX CEO and COO: Bill Harris President: Susan P. Craig Vice President, Exploration: Corwin Coe Northern Freegold Resources Ltd., founded in 2006, in the development stage as of March 31, 2009, i...

Mining Explorers 2009: North Arrow Minerals Inc. 11/01/2009
TSXV: NAR Chairman, President and CEO: D. Grenville Thomas Vice President Exploration: Gordon Clarke North Arrow Minerals Inc., organized in February 2007 by Strongbow Exploration Inc., is a norther...

Mining Explorers 2009: North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd. 11/01/2009
NTC: TSX-V Chairman and CEO: Stephen M. Leahy Chief Operating Officer: J. Britt Reid Chief Geologist: Finley Bakker North American Tungsten Corp. Ltd., founded in 1979, is engaged in tungsten mining...

Mining Explorers 2009: Max Resource Corp. 11/01/2009
MXR: TSX-V; MXROF: OTCBB; M1D:FSE President: Stuart Rogers Vice President, Exploration: Clarence J. (Clancy) Wendt Max Resource Corp., incorporated in Alberta in 1994, is a mineral exploration compa...

Mining Explorers 2009: Prospects pan out at White Gold 11/01/2009
Underworld delivers strong 2009 drilling results on red-hot Yukon property
Underworld Resources Inc. hit the ground running in 2009, reporting impressive assay results in the first three holes of its drilling program at its White Gold Project in late May. For two field seas...

Mining Explorers 2009: Kivalliq Energy Corp. 11/01/2009
KIV: TSX-V President and CEO: John Robins Chairman: Rob Carpenter Vice President, Exploration: Jeff Ward Kivalliq Energy Corp. is a uranium exploration and development company created in early 2008...

Mining Explorers 2009: Junior scopes massive zinc deposit 11/01/2009
Zazu confirms Lik as being one of the largest undeveloped zinc deposits in the West
Zazu Metals Corp. is exploring what it believes is one of the largest undeveloped zinc-lead deposits in the world. Lik, the zinc-lead-silver-rich property that the Vancouver B.C.-based junior is laudi...

Mining Explorers 2009: Kaminak Gold Corporation 11/01/2009
KAM: TSX-V President and CEO: Rob Carpenter Chairman: John Robins Chief Geologist: Craig S. Finnigan Kaminak Gold Corp., formed in 2005 in British Columbia, is a prospect generator recently focused...

Mining Explorers 2009: Explorer seeks source of huge nuggets 11/01/2009
Silverado drills benches above the frozen, gold-bearing gravels of Nolan Creek
Silverado Gold Mines Ltd. is seeking the lode source of the more than 23,000 troy ounces of placer gold it has recovered from the frozen gravels at its Nolan Creek gold mine, located about 175 miles,...