Onsite at the PDAC by: Sunjay Mathuria This year, Toronto’s largest annual mining convention brought minerals and expertise from places as far off as China and Nigeria. Thousands of exchange investors, CEOs, business executives, and mining industry specialists flooded the Metro Convention Centre in early March for the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of [...]
Track Record of Mine Discoveries by: Sunjay Mathuria A Canadian-based energy company specializing in uranium projects, Forum Uranium Corp. has reason to look forward to 2013. President, CEO and Director Rick Mazur explains: “The market is poised for a major comeback. The supply/demand situation is ready to see an uptake in prices for a [...]
Mining and the Yukon are often synonymous. The territory has long been the site of countless mining explorations and endeavors. For almost 70 years, the Yukon Chamber of Mines has represented Yukon's mining industry and the members' various interests. It grew from 12 members in 1943 to over 400 members in [...]
Paving the way to success "Leading the way in the new Yukon Gold Rush" is the tagline found on Taku Gold's website. Since 2005, the gold exploration and resource company has launched several successful gold exploration programs in northern British Columbia and the Yukon. Taku Gold has been particularly successful in what is known [...]
In their four short years as a junior exploration company, Canadian Orebodies has quickly grown to capitalize on Canada’s far north iron ore deposits. Gordon McKinnon, the company’s young CEO, has been with Canadian Orebodies since the beginning in 2008. Starting as a spinout from Baltic Resources, Canadian Orebodies has emerged as a key [...]
Marathon Gold is a junior gold Resource development company with projects in Newfoundland, Idaho, and Oregon. Its two main projects are the Valentine Lake Project, Newfoundland and the Golden Chest Mine, Idaho. Headquartered in Toronto, Marathon Gold is the product of gold assets spun out from Marathon PGM, which was purchased by Stillwater in [...]
Aiming For The Sky Geophysical surveys are something you do not often hear about. But without them, exploration of natural resources would be close to impossible. A geophysical survey is a key process of measuring the variation in several key physical or geochemical parameters of the earth. This helps with mapping of subsurface areas [...]
Toronto’s largest annual mining convention came and went, bringing with it minerals and expertise from places as far off as Mongolia and Argentina. Thousands of exchange investors, CEOs, business executives, and mining industry specialists flooded the Metro Convention Centre in early March for the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) International Convention, [...]
Mining that transcends borders Century Iron Mines has their work cut out for them for the foreseeable future. Without a doubt, the demand for iron for steel and steel-related production is increasing, especially in developing countries. By forming strategic partnerships in China, a country with a booming economy, Century Iron Mines has scoped out [...]
A market for uranium We all know uranium is used to fuel nuclear power plants and reactors, which are crucial sources of energy. With energy consumption increasing and new nuclear power plants being built worldwide, the demand for uranium will only increase in years to come. Canada-based uranium exploration and development company Fission Energy [...]