ISIS claims kidnapping and killing Canadian geologist in Burkina Faso

The prelimary economic assessment for the Ashram rare earth deposit in Quebec shows "robust economics," says Canadian explorer Commerce Resources (TSX-V:CCE).

Prophecy Platinum added 2.5% on Friday on double usual trading volumes, after announcing results of a full spectrum analysis of PGMs on the first batch of samples from its PGM-Ni-Cu wholly-owned Wellgreen project, in the Yukon, Canada.

Zimbabwe's central bank threatened to freeze Impala Platinum's local account and ordered local banks to halt managing any of the company’s exports because it has “failed to comply with an order to bank locally,” state-controlled newspaper The Herald reports.

Balmoral Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:BAR)(OTCQX:BALMF) ("Balmoral" or the "Company") today reported a new discovery of nickel-copper-platinum group metal mineralization on the Company's wholly owned Grasset Property.

A strike by CP Rail is hampering the movement of goods across Canada including mined commodities coal and potash.

Zimbabwean miner RioZim Limited is negotiating with global giant Rio Tinto in an attempt to acquire the now jointly own Murowa diamond mine in the in south central region of the country.

Stornoway Diamond Corp will spend $28.4 million to advance its Renard diamond project in northern Quebec, the Vancouver-based company (TSX:SWY) announced yesterday.

Osisko stock was down another 3.7% today despite the positive news and has now lost 25% of its value since the fire at the Quebec mine was first reported on May 9th.

Australian Stawell Gold Mines will be closed within two years, despite Canadian company Crocodile Gold spending more than $100 million buying it.