Pretium drills deep, begins regional exploration program

A group of activists performing what they called an “oil orgy” protest interrupted the Canada Europe Energy Summit, at Canada House, in London Tuesday morning.

Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE:CLF), U.S.’ s largest producer of iron-ore pellets, said Monday it would delay mine expansion in Quebec as well as a portion of production at two of its operations in the U.S., as a result of weak commodity prices.

Less than two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term, thousands of protesters rallied in Washington Sunday asking him to reject the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, which would transport crude oil from Canada to the U.S.

Backers say aboriginal groups are on board.

The Vancouver-based explorer highlighted "nugget grab samples of 179 g/t Au with 78 g/t Ag" sending its shares 7% higher.

CEO Frank Callaghan is lending money to Barkerville to pay wages and work on a new technical report for Cow Mountain after partial cease-trade revocation.

The company started Monday at $14.91 and is currently trading at $11.39.

Ekati is Canada's first, and largest, diamond producer.

Canadian gold miner Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (TSX:PTQ) said Monday it has completed the titling process for its wholly-owned Lomero-Poyatos project in Andalucia, Spain, about 500 km south of Madrid.