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Canada was built on the back of a train
While the journey west during the frontier days often paints a picture of strife and hardship, not every tale was filled with sorrow and loss. Although covered wagons were definitely a thing, the... — Updated 5/4/2023 Full story
Teck rejects Glencore merger bid, again
After $8.2 billion cash offer for coal assets, Teck calls Glencore's merger bid a non-starter. Despite an $8.2 billion cash sweetener, Teck Resources Ltd.'s board of directors is holding steadfast... — Updated 4/27/2023
Glencore makes new Teck buyout bid
Offers $8.2 billion for BC coal assets ahead of a merger that provides Teck shareholders 24% stake in MetalCo. Teck Resources Ltd. continues to rebuff an increasingly aggressive buyout bid by... — Updated 4/27/2023
Glencore makes $22.5B offer for Teck
World's top miner proposes merger, demerger to form world's top metals and coal mining companies. Merger and acquisition activity continues in the North of 60 Mining News area with Glencore's... — Updated 4/27/2023
Glencore takes offer to Teck shareholders
Glencore says it is willing to cut a deal directly with shareholders if a planned split of Teck's metal, coal assets is stopped. With Teck Resources Ltd.'s board of directors and management... — Updated 4/27/2023
NorZinc blazes trail to Prairie Creek
NorZinc Ltd. April 20 announced the completion of a 170-kilometer (about 105 miles) pioneer winter road to the Prairie Creek Mine, which serves as the first phase of an all-season access road to... — Updated 4/24/2023
Project generator makes bold moves
Strategic Metals Ltd., surely the most active project generator in northern Canada, recently reported substantial mineral exploration and transaction activities in 2022 and early 2023. This... — Updated 4/13/2023
High-grade copper-silver at Kim skarn
Core Assets Corp. April 11 reported strong copper and associated silver was encountered during 2022 channel sampling at the Kim skarn target on the company's 113,900-hectare (281,500 acres) Blue pro... — Updated 4/12/2023
BC First Nations forge mining alliances
British Columbia's Golden Triangle is poised for a mining boom that raises the bar when it comes to achieving the higher environmental, social, and guidance expectations for companies that produce... — Updated 3/2/2023
Core Assets samples high-grade Kim skarn
Core Assets Corp. Feb. 23 reported high-grade copper-zinc-silver mineralization in rock samples collected from the Kim target – a high-grade occurrence about 22 kilometers (14 miles) north of the... — Updated 2/23/2023
New MRE announced for Blackwolf's Niblack
Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. Feb. 16 announced, after more than a decade, an updated mineral resource estimate for its Niblack property in Southeast Alaska. "Our updated mineral resource... — Updated 2/16/2023
North to the critical mineral future
The increasing number of electric vehicles charged with renewable energy, connected to 5G networks, and boasting the computing power of 200 laptops to autonomously traverse global highways is... — Updated 1/20/2023 Full story
Core Assets explores Blue copper in BC
Leveraging substantial advancements in the understanding of porphyry, skarn, and carbonate replacement type deposits over the past 40 years, Core Assets Corp. is making news discoveries on the long... — Updated 1/18/2023 Full story
NorZinc blazes road to Prairie Creek Mine
In preparation for a new era of mining at Prairie Creek, NorZinc Ltd. carried out a roughly 5,300-meter drill program in 2022 focused on gathering geological and other data needed for an updated... — Updated 1/18/2023
Minerals hunt in NWT turns 'critical'
Mining activity in Northwest Territories held steady in 2022 despite constraints imposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as a cadre of mainly junior mining companies took up the international... — Updated 1/17/2023 Full story
Bolstering North of 60 mineral exploration
With mineral exploration expenditures nearly doubling over the past year, Nunavut has dethroned Yukon as the most popular Canadian territory to discover and expand deposits of industrial, precious,... — Updated 12/15/2022 Full story
Fireweed targets Gayna River minerals
On the heels of its successful Macmillan Pass zinc-lead exploration play in eastern Yukon Territory, Fireweed Metals Corp. is making a bid to expand its project portfolio in what may be an astute... — Updated 12/8/2022
NWT okays road to Prairie Creek Mine
NorZinc Ltd. Oct. 19 announced that it has received the final approvals needed to begin construction of a winter road to Prairie Creek, the first phase of a planned 170-kilometer (105 miles)... — Updated 10/20/2022
Canada to feed a minerals hungry world
Develops strategy to be the world's critical minerals supplier of choice Understanding that the renewable energy and electric vehicle revolution offers a "generational opportunity for Canada and... — Updated 9/29/2022
Strongest metal shows US supply weakness
Tungsten could be held ransom unless domestic mines open Tungsten, or wolfram, is the 74th element on the periodic table of elements and, like many other metals that have found their way onto... — Updated 9/15/2022
Ore sorting upgrades North of 60 mines
"Grade is king" is an adage that guides mineral exploration and mining. The premise behind this basic axiom of the mining business is the less ore that needs to be mined and processed per ounce of p... — Updated 9/3/2022
Drilling tests Core Assets' Blue targets
Leveraging substantial advancements in the understanding of porphyry, skarn, and carbonate replacement type deposits over the past 40 years, Core Assets Corp. is making news discoveries at the long... — Updated 7/28/2022
NWT mining future takes a critical turn
Rare earths from the Nechalacho Mine being delivered into the supply chain marks the opening of a new critical minerals chapter in the story of mining in Northwest Territories – a saga that includ... — Updated 7/7/2022 Full story
Yukon mining legend Peter Risby honored
Seeking asylum from the persecution of the Klu Klux Klan, Peter Risby fled north to Canada with his family. In so doing, his upbringing would be one of adventure and survival in the harsh arctic... — Updated 5/5/2022
2021 Yukon exploration bounces back
Mining exploration and production activity soared in Yukon Territory in 2021 thanks to high metals prices, pro-industry government policies, and mounting successes in the field. Bouncing back from s... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story