Noront Resources pioneers new technology Standing out from the competition at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) International Trade Show and Investor Exchange can be a real challenge. So called "booth bunnies" have been known to attract a crowd and promotional items can be counted on to lure the odd investor, but it was cutting-edge technology that accounted for the congestion around Noront Resources' booth at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, March 7 to 10. View Article
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Lake Shore Gold wins Prospector Award It takes more than a shovel in the ground and crossed fingers to transform a mineral deposit into a producing mine.
High gold price fuels exploration Exploration spending was down in Canada and around the world in 2009, but Ontario fared better than most jurisdictions.
Exploration work has its share of hazards Gerald Allan, the Ontario Ministry of Labour's (MOL) provincial mining specialist, mining health & safety program, urges workers in the exploration industry to take emergency preparedness seriously.
Atikokan sees spike in exploration activity The Atikokan Mineral Development Initiative (AMDI) has sparked an increase in exploration activity for the Town of Atikokan in northwestern Ontario.
Grants available for prospectors Who says money doesn't grow on trees? The Ontario Exploration Corporation (OEC) offers grants of up to $85,000 to qualified prospectors with properties of high economic potential.
Brett Resources advances Hammond Reef When Vancouver-based Brett Resources Inc. optioned the Hammond Reef project from Kinross Gold in 2006, the property had an historic inferred resource of 1.8 million ounces of gold. By November 2009, a scoping study done by Scott Wilson RPA for the Atikokan property in northwestern Ontario calculated an inferred resource of 6.7 million ounces of gold or 259 million tonnes at a grade of 0.8 grams per tonne using a 0.3 gram per tonne cut off.
Noront leads the way in the Ring of Fire Noront Resources Inc. made history with its 2007 Eagle One discovery in the McFauld's Lake mining camp located in Ontario's James Bay Lowlands.
