Mining in Matagami As the world’s leading diversified mining group, Xstrata sets the bar for mining operations globally. The company is listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges, and has commodity operations in zinc, copper, coal, nickel, and alloys metals. Click to view ...
Rubies and Emeralds and Sapphires Oh my! In 1998, emeralds were discovered at Tsa da Glisza in the southeast Yukon. By 2001, True North Gems had begun to strip, sample, and map the occurrence which led to the discovery of a new emerald-bearing zone. ...
Building Momentum The New Millennium Capital Corp. story begins in 1960 when young geologist, Robert Martin, discovered a magnetic taconite deposit in Québec. Originally searching for Direct Shipping Ore (DSO)—a naturally occurring ore comprised of about 56 per cent iron—Martin saw that the taconite ...
Authentic Relationships AMEC Black & McDonald knows a thing or two about building solid relationships. In fact, AMEC and Black & McDonald used to be separate companies until 1990, when they realised they were more successful as a pair than not. Since then, they ...
Where a Handshake Means a Promise North Ridge Developments, a residential custom building company, was founded 25 years ago by a gentleman named Wally Mah. Not unlike the present, custom homes were very expensive back then but Mah wanted to change that. He believed ...
Advancing One of Canada's Largest undeveloped Gold Resources Detour Gold Corporation is a gold exploration and development company with a primary focus to advance their Detour Lake project. Located on the northernmost part of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt in north-eastern Ontario, their region is ...
Minning in the Ring of Fire You might think that north-western Ontario is a chilly place, but for Noront Resources, things are just heating up. In fact, this exploration company’s flagship project is affectionately called the Ring of Fire. In August 2007, Noront discovered a ...
The Kitchen Sink is only the Beginning If you live in Sudbury, you’ll make a mining and exploration connection eventually. For Kim Tyler, President of Canadian Arrow Mines, the connection was made when he was 18 years old, working at a mine to ...
Tonnes of Possibility Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on the potential of a mining district in northeastern British Columbia. The company is the dominant land holder in a prolific mineral belt called the Kechika Trough, hosting in excess of 80 ...
Well-positioned for The Future As nickel mining is to northern Ontarians, oil exploration is to Albertans. At least it was for Brian McLachlan, President and CEO of Yoho Resources Inc., a Calgary-based oil and gas exploration company. McLachlan’s interest in the industry started when ...
