Around the North

Lund Gold has completed its first phase of exploration at its Blackfox property near Hemlo. The Vancouver junior miner has property 225 km east of Thunder Bay and 70 kilometres west of the Hemlo gold deposit.

Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, and the John Milloy, Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, today launched a week of good news for Ontario's universities and colleges with the announcement of the first round of infrastructure in

Kirkland Lake's GLR Resources Inc. announced it has signed a purchase and sale agreement with Linear Gold Corporation, where GLR will sell a 100 per cent of its interests in the Goldfields Mine Project, located near Uranium City, Sask.

The Far North has been good to KWG Resources (TSX-Venture:KWG). The Montreal-based exploration company is making the jump up to Tier 1 status, effective May 26.

Canada's largest construction consulting company opened its doors in Sudbury on May 21. MHPM Project Managers Inc. hosted a grand opening in its downtown location with City of Greater Sudbury Mayor John Rodriguez and Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci.

Hydro One is investing $250,000 toward the construction of a recreational lookout in Thunder Bay.

Northwestern Ontario junior miner Sage Gold has entered into a merger agreement with Consolidated Puma. Sage will acquire all the outstanding shares of Puma in a $3.5 million all-share transaction.

Brett Resources reports finding more gold mineralization on its Hammond Reef deposit in northwestern Ontario.

The most comprehensive and rigorous study ever undertaken on workplace training in Canada’s smaller businesses, has revealed this sector invests more than its big business counterparts on total training costs per employee.

Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd. (TSX:WM) has discovered two highly conductive targets on its Parkin Offset Dyke properties located in Sudbury, as a result of recent down-hole geophysical surveys.