MINING NEWS: Junior preps zinc-lead giant for comeback 12/30/2007
Tamerlane Ventures aims to tap rich deposit, technology advances to return once-profitable Northwest Territories mine to operation
A bold gambit to revive what was once Canada's largest and most profitable zinc-lead mine is still on track thanks to the tenacity and innovation of Tamerlane Ventures Inc., a Blaine, Wash.-based juni...

MINING NEWS: Fortune tests NWT Nico deposit with pilot 12/30/2007
Fortune Minerals Ltd. reported Dec. 4 the startup of a $3.8 million pilot plant last month at SGS Lakefield Research Limited in Ontario for its Nico cobalt-gold-bismuth deposit in the Northwest Territ...

MINING NEWS: Newmont-Miramar deal offers Nunavut prize 10/28/2007
Gold-hungry major bids $1.52 billion for Canadian junior; analysts say price may be too low to control Hope Bay gold Project
If Newmont Mining Corp., the world's second largest gold producer, succeeds in its $1.52 billion takeover of Vancouver, B.C.-based Miramar Mining Corp., the major will gain control of one of the large...

MINING NEWS: Little-used technology works at Minto 10/28/2007
Sherwood Copper puts Gradient Array Induced Polarization in exploration toolbox; geophysical method proves successful at mine
Sherwood Copper, a Vancouver-based junior mining company, has found success with a little-used geophysical method known as Gradient Array Induced Polarization survey at its Minto Mine in central Yukon...

MGM Energy breaks new ground 10/21/2007
Mackenzie explorer strikes agreement to deliver gas to gathering pipelines; company wants assurance it can deliver what it finds
MGM Energy, the Calgary-based junior explorer with big ambitions for Canada's Far North, has signed the first "outside" deal to deliver natural gas to the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline. The capac...

Mac critics 'inflate' numbers 09/09/2007
Environmental and social activists are seeking a replay of the late 1970s, by calling for a moratorium on pipelines out of the Canadian Arctic until the long-term impacts are known. They made their ca...

MINING NEWS: Permitting slows for DeBeers project 08/26/2007
Gahcho Kué shows potential for becoming major diamond mine in Northwest Territories; offers significant environmental challenge
DeBeers Canada Inc. is exploring the Gahcho Kué project in the Northwest Territories this summer, hoping to confirm its potential to become the company's second major diamond mine in the Canadian Arct...

MINING NEWS: NWT uranium exploration plan rejected 07/29/2007
Region too spiritually significant, according to regulator, and Ur-Energy must now wait for final decision by federal minister
The mining industry is concerned about its future in Canada's Northwest Territories in the wake of the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board's decision in May to recommend against a urani...

Long-term Mac study nixed 07/22/2007
Green groups fail to persuade regulators to order independent gas line review
Two of the most influential environmental organizations in North America have failed to convince regulators to order an independent review of the Mackenzie Gas Project's long-term impacts. A motion fi...

MINING NEWS: Technical upgrades could save Jericho 05/27/2007
Tahera Diamond's depleted management team is counting on waste stripping program, reduction of sift size to make mine economical
Taking recommendations from shareholder Teck Cominco, Toronto-based Tahera Diamond Corp. is making rapid changes to its operations at the newly opened Jericho mine in Nunavut. For now, the cost of pro...

MINING NEWS: Junior chases 'fortune' in minerals? 04/29/2007
Ontario-based company forges ahead with cobalt-gold-bismuth, anthracite projects in Northwest Territories, British Columbia
More junior mining companies than ever appear to be seeking their fortunes in precious metals and gems in the wilds of northwestern Canada these days and more seem to be joining the throng every day. ...

NWT moves to protect Mackenzie waters 03/04/2007
Northerners worry thirsty oil sands could damage major waterways of Canadian Northwest; Kearl oil sands gets conditional approval
Extracting petroleum from Alberta's oil sands is a big challenge in itself. But potentially detrimental effects on the water quality of northwestern Canada are raising the stakes of development for th...

Regulator weighs Mac pipeline study 12/03/2006
National Energy Board to consider disputed report that finds Mackenzie project can turn a profit without government subsidies
A financial analysis concluding that the Mackenzie Gas Project can be profitable without government subsidies will come under the regulatory microscope. A spokesman for the National Energy Board told...

MINING NEWS: Nunavut could see two gold mines by '08 10/29/2006
Cumberland Resources, Miramar Mining received recommendations from the Nunavut Impact Review Board to proceed with projects
Two Vancouver-based mining companies are forging ahead with gold projects in Nunavut, and if all goes according to plan they could both be in production by 2008. Cumberland Resources and Miramar Minin...

Alaska, Yukon, NWT on gas pipelines 09/24/2006
State, Canadian governments, provide updates on proposed Alaska North Slope, Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline projects
Officials from Alaska, Yukon and the Northwest Territories spoke at the second annual American Conference Institute Alaska Oil and Gas Symposium in Anchorage Sept. 18, providing updates on the status...

MINING NEWS: Jericho diamond mine opens in Nunavut 08/27/2006
Tahera Diamond Corp. celebrated the opening Aug. 17 of Jericho, Canada's third operating diamond mine and the first diamond mining venture to come online in the arctic territory of Nunavut. Just acro...

MINING NEWS: Diamonds restore shine to Far North economy 07/30/2006
Canadian government analytical paper tracks effects mining precious gemstones had Northwest Territories, country
Diamond production in Canada's North is delivering more than vast profits to mining companies and millions of carats to eager consumers around the globe. Since its first diamond was discovered in 199...

MINING NEWS: Union rejects company offer at Ekati mine 06/25/2006
Local businesses worry strike at diamond mine will hurt Northwest Territories' image, discourage future investment
As a worker strike drags on at the huge Ekati Diamond Mine in Northwest Territories, local businesses are beginning to worry whether the dispute could have a detrimental effect on the territory's imag...