Manitoba - Wind energy is expected to contribute more than C$1 billion ($890 million) to Canada’s gross domestic product in 2006, up from C$736 million in 2005, an industry spokesman said on Tuesday.
“(Last year) was a record year for the wind industry. There was added capacity, and 2006 is going to be another record year,” [...]
Bonaventure Enterprises Inc. is pleased to announce that drilling will begin at the Squaw Creek Property and at the New Pass Property within the next two weeks Due to the increased demands on the drilling industry in Nevada, drill rig availability has caused our drilling program to be slightly behind schedule.
- Squaw Creek Property - [...]
Robert T. Boyd, President and CEO of Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. , is pleased to report an estimated diamond content of 91 carats per hundred tonnes (”cpht”) for a 18.4 tonne sample collected from the North Anomaly kimberlite dyke on the Foxtrot property in north-central Quebec. Additionally, summer exploration drilling conducted by Ashton and [...]
Alto Ventures Ltd. is pleased to announce the final results and provide a summary from its recent diamond drilling program on the 100% owned Coldstream gold project in the Shebandowan gold district, Ontario. The twin objectives of the 13 hole, 2,062 metre program were to establish continuity of mineralization and to determine if the Sanders [...]
Beaufield Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that a 1,000 metre diamond drill program has been awarded to Chibougamau Diamond Drilling Inc., and will be conducted on its Opinaca gold property in the James Bay region of Quebec. Drilling is scheduled to start in the beginning of October 2006.
The objective of this program is to [...]
Mackenzie I. Watson, President and CEO of Freewest Resources Canada Inc., is pleased to announce that the Company has commenced an airborne geophysical survey and ground follow-up prospecting program on its George River uranium property (the “Property”). The Property comprises 3,247 mineral claims (7 claim groups) totalling 145,689 hectares (370,000 acres) and is located in [...]
The B.C. Securities Commission today denied the request of Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. to cease-trade Stornoway Diamond Corporation’s unsolicited bid for Ashton.
John Cole, Chair of the Ashton Board, said: “We are pleased that our application to the Commission compelled Stornoway and Rio Tinto to amend the lock-up agreement to ensure fair treatment for Ashton’s [...]
Collection of 50 and 100 tonne samples in progress on North Anomaly and Hibou dykes
Robert T. Boyd, President and CEO of Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. (“Ashton†or the “Corporationâ€), is pleased to report early success from the Quebec summer exploration program with the discovery of a new diamondiferous dyke on the Foxtrot property. Additionally, [...]
Nickel producer Falconbridge Ltd. (TSX:FAL) plans to expand its Raglan mine in northern Quebec with an investment of more than $500 million over the next several years, the company announced Wednesday.
The expansion will create about 50 new jobs as the miner launches two key studies to develop new reserves to replace ore mined since the [...]
American Bonanza Gold Corp. (TSX: BZA)(FWB: AB2) (”Bonanza”) is pleased to announce that it has started its substantial exploration drilling program designed to significantly expand the recently announced high grade gold resources at the 100% owned Copperstone gold project in Arizona.
The drill program and targets have been selected by the Bonanza geologic staff based upon [...]
