Exploration
Underground for four generations
1 of 9Bill Muir (left) with his son Shawn Muir (right) and Shawn's son, Dawson Muir (middle), sitting next to Bill's dad's memorial plaque....
Exploration.
What we constantly see when interviewing individuals for stories in Canadian Mining & Energy is that the people in the exploration industry are an optimistic bunch. These passionate prospectors confess that this character trait is essential to the job—they must bash a lot of rocks before they hit pay dirt. But for them, it’s the thrill of discovery that drives them—and their excitement is contagious.
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Yukon rush
Bill Sheriff, chairman of the Predator Mining Group, said the opportunities in the Yukon right now are unparalleled. — Photo courtesy Predat...
British Columbia
Decar project holds groundbreaking potential
Peter Bradshaw, First Point Minerals' president and CEO (L), and Trevor Rabb, project geologist, examine the discovery outcrop on the Baptis...
Exploration
High hopes for isotopes
1 of 3Soil sampling is not new in exploration—but Uravan's technique of separating clays from soils was unorthodox and gave a more complete...
British Columbia
An ear to the ground
The Comox Joint Venture is in the process of determining the scope of work needed to gain environmental approval from provincial and federal...
British Columbia
Jazzed about communication
'Lyn Anglin (L) finds herself fired up by the possibilities that mineral exploration provides to our lives. — photo courtesy 'Lyn Anglin Whe...
Exploration
The Yukon’s most important joint venture
Shawn Ryan and his wife, Cathy Wood, are best friends and business partners in the biggest news story in Canadian exploration. — Photo court...
Exploration
Drilling for diamonds
George Read has explored for diamonds in many different parts of the world. — Courtesy Shore Gold Inc. The discovery of diamond-bearing kimb...
Exploration
Investing in the future
Tom MacNeill founded 49 North Resources six years ago to help junior exploration companies find seed capital funding. — Photo courtesy Tom M...
Exploration
The calling of the earth
Klaus Lehnert-Thiel gathers till samples at Waddy Lake in the La Ronge gold belt in 2005. — Photo courtesy Klaus Lehnert-Thiel Many major pr...
Exploration
Uranium on the cranium
David Thomas speaks with a young boy while on a mineral exploration trip to Argentina. — Photo courtesy David ThomasCameco Corporation is on...
British Columbia
Under the spell of geology
Bob Thompson doesn't mind getting a little dirty in pursuit of Mother Earth's secrets. — Photo courtesy Bob Thompson Bob Thompson is one of...
Exploration
Where the action is
Mike Burke (L) examines core samples with geologist Carl Schulze, Gord Moffatt and Greg Hayes on Northern Tiger's Sonora Gulch Property. — T...
Alberta
Bearly scratching the surface
1 of 5Brian Testo was busy exploring at the Greenwood property in summer 2010. — —photo courtesy Grizzly Discoveries Inc.2 of 5Testo inspe...
Exploration
Creating a new blueprint
Manitoba's mining prospects, such as the recently reincarnated Snow Lake Mine (pictured here), are making investors and exploration companie...
Exploration
Wake up and smell the java
The Kaminak Gold team is exhuberant after their first drill program at the Supremo Zone showed promising results. — photo courtesy Kaminak G...
Exploration
Positioned to be a player
Bill Sheriff's lifelong fascinations with the North and gold have been realized in his companies' Yukon interests. — Tanya Laing Gahr photo...