Resources & Agriculture

The hard-hit Burns Lake forestry region is getting some help from the provincial government in the form of an investment in reforestation and timber supply mitigation. The government will invest $3.

B.C. should harvest “marginally economic forest types” as part of its strategy to boost the province’s pine beetle-ravaged timber supply, according to a new government report.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (TSX: TCM) is shutting down the mining portion of the company’s molybdenum Endako mine and cutting back staff for “a short period of time” as it grapples with low molybdenum prices.

The BC Securities Commission (BCSC) has cease traded Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. for its failure to file a completed technical report supporting the company’s disclosure of a massive gold resource at its Cow Mountain deposit.

Petro-land sales drop as energy companies cut costs

Energy

Mergers and acquistions down in 2012, as low valuations discourage juniors from selling

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada this morning granted a trading halt – "pending news" – to Barkerville Gold Mine Ltd., a Vancouver mining company that has hit the headlines over its huge gold resources estimates.

Vancouver-based Corazon Gold Corp. (TSX-V:CGW) has signed an agreement to acquire Vancouver-based ICN Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ICN), the companies have announced.

B.C.'s prospectors and junior explorers have been grappling with tough economic conditions in the second quarter of 2012, according to the Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC).