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Platinum metals are catalysts for change
From jewelry at a black-tie soiree to scrubbing harmful emissions from the exhaust system of a farm truck, the six platinum group metals – platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and o... — Updated 9/16/2021 Full story
Exploring for Alaska-type platinum metals
The six platinum group elements – platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium – have one foot firmly planted in the realm of precious metals while the other is firmly est... — Updated 12/23/2020 Full story
Northern zinc-rich projects get boost
As the worldwide deficit in zinc production grows, several zinc-lead mining projects across northern Canada await construction of access arteries needed to deliver their ore to market. The projects... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story
Critical Minerals Alaska – PGEs
The six platinum group elements – platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium – are amongst the rarest metals on Earth. This scarcity, coupled with PGEs' uses in the aut... — Updated 9/25/2020
PGEs – the hard-working precious metals
The six platinum group elements – platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium – are amongst the rarest metals on Earth. This scarcity, coupled with PGEs' uses in the aut... — Updated 6/22/2020 Full story
Global miners explore Alaska's Interior
A group of diverse global-scale mining companies hailing from Australia, Japan, and the United States are quietly exploring a relatively small region of Alaska's Interior. Two of these... — Updated 2/4/2018 Full story
Mining Explorers 2016: Working ahead of the curve
Nunavut seems to be ahead of the curve when it comes to recovering from the global downturn in mineral exploration spending. An estimated C$202.5 million was invested in unlocking this Canadian... — Updated 2/3/2018 Full story
Mining Explorers 2016: A land of opportunities
Endowed with some of the largest undeveloped mineral belts in the world, investment in public geoscience has shown the potential of Nunavut. The 2 million square kilometers (772,000 square miles)... — Updated 2/3/2018 Full story
Mining Explorers 2014: A quiet year for Alaska explorers
Mineral exploration spending in Alaska will likely struggle to top US$80 million for 2014, a dramatic fall from the US$365.1 million pinnacle reached in 2011. "The din of mineral industry activity t... — Updated 1/26/2018
Mining Explorers 2017: Nunavut ready for new mining era
Nunavut is a vast and minerals-rich swath of the Earth's crust and Nunavummiut, or the people who live there, see mining as the foundation of the territory's future. "The mining industry brings... — Updated 1/24/2018 Full story
Alliance nabs coastal Nunavut gold project
Transition Metals Corp. and Nunavut Resources Corp. Nov. 30 announced the signing of an agreement with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. for exploration of the Arcadia Bay property, an Inuit-owned parcel on th... — Updated 12/11/2016
Mining Explorers 2015: Mining spurs growth in Nunavut
Thanks largely to its burgeoning mining sector, Nunavut is leading the Canadian territories in economic growth. With the start-up of the Mary River iron mine late in 2014, Nunavut now has two... — Updated 11/1/2015
Nunavut alliance detects gold, copper targets
Transition Metals Corp. and Nunavut Resources Corp. Oct. 8 reported that new airborne geophysical data and compilation work has highlighted several high potential gold and base metal target areas... — Updated 10/18/2015
Mining Explorers 2014: Big projects dominate field season
Mineral exploration activity is holding its own in Nunavut this year, despite a tough funding environment and stiff competition from other attractive mining jurisdictions around the world. Although the Far North territory has only one operating... — Updated 11/2/2014
Mining Explorers 2014: MMG Ltd.
HKG: 1208 Chief Executive Officer: Andrew Michelmore Executive General Manager, Exploration: Steve Ryan Principal Geologist, Americas: Katherine Smuk Headquartered in Melbourne and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, MMG Ltd. continues to... — Updated 11/2/2014
Big projects advance in Kitikmeot region
All exploration in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut in 2013 was carried out in search of gold and base metals. Mid-tier and major companies conducted most of the work, with mineral exploration and deposit appraisal expenditures totaling an estimated... — Updated 5/25/2014
Mining Explorers 2013: Nunavut exploration taps vast resources
Nunavut's exploration and mining opportunities consistently have attracted the attention of the major global producers. Natural Resources Canada determined that C$422 million was spent on exploring for minerals in Nunavut in 2012, and estimates... — Updated 11/3/2013
Mining Explorers 2013: Mining activity remains strong in 2013
There is a reason why Nunavut has one of the fastest-growing economies in Canada: mining. With one operating gold mine at Meadowbank, two huge projects on the verge of startup at Hope Bay and Mary River, five projects advancing through the... — Updated 11/3/2013
Mining Explorers 2012: Nunavut sees growth in mining
An underlying motto for Nunavut this year is "Creating a Resourceful Future," a theme that can be interpreted as creating and building a future full of resources. Nunavut and its expansive geology are rich in many natural mineral resources such as... — Updated 11/11/2012
Mining Explorers 2012: Explorers flock to Far North
Companies chasing mineral riches in Nunavut in 2012 are expected to meet and surpass the brisk pace of exploration set a year earlier. But the race to discover major deposits of precious and base metals, along with uranium, diamonds and other commo... — Updated 11/11/2012
Zinc projects take shape in the North
As the scope and tenor of a long-predicted shortfall in zinc supply begins to take shape, proponents of advanced mine projects in northern Canada with substantial deposits of zinc, along with lead, copper and/or other metals, are busy refining... — Updated 6/24/2012
2010 Mining Explorers: Territory ranks fourth in investment
Government and industry officials agree that mining exploration and development in recent years have brought substantial positive change to Nunavut, Canada's newest and least explored territory. Ongoing and new exploration, however, are rapidly adv... — Updated 10/31/2010
2010 Mining Explorers: MMG
Chief Executive Officer: Andrew Michelmore Executive Director: Mark Liu President, MMG Canada: Martin McFarlane The MMG group of businesses is owned by China Minmetals Non-ferrous Co., Ltd, a division of China Minmetals Corp., which is one of the... — Updated 10/31/2010
Chinese snap up base metals projects
Chinese companies are doing their homework and investing in base metals projects in northern and western Canada to take advantage of rising prices and to secure a future supply of the minerals for their operations back home. First on the scene... — Updated 6/27/2010
Remote territory offers mineral bonanza
No discussion of opening Canada's Far North to mineral resource development could get far without the focus turning to Nunavut, the nation's newest and least-explored territory. At one-fifth the size of Canada, Nunavut contains 1,994,000 million... — Updated 3/28/2010