Denison Mines begins environmental process for Wheeler River

The head office is just one among 800-odd mining companies clustered in downtown Vancouver. But even in a group so large it serves as the backbone of the city’s business district — and the world’s centre of mining expertise — Teck Resources stands out.

Lake Shore Gold added 8.2% on Thursday after announcing positive financial and operating results for the first quarter as it accelerates a $160 million capex programme for the year.

Confused about the political machinations surrounding the Keystone XL pipeline, or baffled by talk of crude oil discount rates, Oklahoma bottlenecks and Texas Gulf refining capacities?

A proposal by Imperial Metals to develop the Red Chris mine in northern BC is not sitting well with a local First Nation.

Trading barbs over the allocation of resource revenues is a blood sport in Canada, and the latest contenders are newly minted NDP leader Thomas Mulcair and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.

Denison Mines Corp shed 1.2% on Wednesday bringing its losses over the last week to 19% ahead of quarterly results that showed the company widened losses to $51.9 million.

Ryan Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RYG) ("Ryan Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its exploration plans for the 2012 exploration season in the Yukon Territory.

Canadian miner giant Teck Resources Ltd. (NYSE:TCK, TSX:TCK.B) is interested in entering the iron ore industry and would seek to acquire a producing asset rather than develop a mining project, chief executive Don Lindsay told Bloomberg yesterday at the Canada Economic Summit, in Toronto.

The Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines announced today that Cliffs Natural Resources will invest $3.3 billion to build a chromite mine, transportation corridor and processing facility in Northern Ontario's Ring of Fire, generating thousands of jobs and new infrastructure.