Richard Murphy, president of Sudbury-based Independent Nickel Corp., sees no shortage of comparisons between his company and the humble beginnings of resource giant Sherritt International, especially given their shared history in the Manitoba-based Lynn Lake project.

With interest in mineral exploration taking on an increasingly global scale, it only seemed logical to take an increasingly global perspective for this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, according to the organizing chair.

Towering over South Porcupine, the McIntyre Mine headframe is one of the most dominant symbols of the Timmins mining camp, a wooden monument standing guard over a maze of dormant underground mine workings.

Engineers in Xstrata’s Process Support group are not just in the mining business, they’re also a profitable business.

The City of Dryden thinks it’s sitting on the next big gold camp and wants junior miners to come and explore.