British Columbia

Canada’s shale boom: More to come in Montney

By James Stafford | September 18, 2014

In the world of a constantly changing oil and gas environment, the Montney shale basin is the sleeping giant that holds the key to accelerating Canada’s shale oil and gas boom, but the real treasure within this giant is a tight liquids-rich zone (approximately 15-20 miles wide) that has big and small players alike narrowing their focus for the potential of a giant payout.

Is there a new way to look at junior miners?

By The Mining Report | September 16, 2014

It's never too late to find a new way to evaluate mining companies and Jeff Desjardins, and James Fraser of Tickerscores.com have developed one based on over 20 different criteria.

Gold at $1,500 by Christmas?

By Kevin Michael Grace | September 8, 2014

Gold continues to languish under $1,300 per ounce even as full economic recoveries in the U.S. and the European Union have yet to occur, despite trillions in new debt and stimulus.

Miners' cost cutting set to deliver in late 2014

By Brian Sylvester, The Gold Report | September 3, 2014

When gold prices plunged in late 2013, gold producers took notice and developed mine plans that offered greater flexibility in troubled times.

Major producers to lead next rush of mining M&As?

By The Gold Report | August 25, 2014

Michael Fowler, senior mining analyst with Toronto-based Loewen, Ondaatje & McCutcheon, predicts when gold breaks out, mining M&A will take off.

Oil-sands mogul helps fund mine-waste spill clean up

By Christopher Donville and Andy Hoffman, Bloomberg | August 18, 2014

Oil-sands mogul Murray Edwards is backing a C$100 million ($92 million) bond sale by Imperial Metals Corp. that will help fund the cleanup of a mine-waste spill, the worst accident of its kind in Canada in 20 years.