Southwestern hits high grade at Boka 1 South
Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O) says it is on track to deliver a prefeasibility study for its Boka gold project in southwestern China after releasing new drill results from the pr…
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Quinto examines iron tailings project (March 05, 2007)
Quinto Mining (QU-V, QUTMF-O) is hoping for some quick cash from iron tailings at the Lac Jeannine iron mine in northeastern Quebec.
Sand Creek drilling hits uranium
An initial drill program on the Sand Creek joint venture ground in Converse Cty., Wyo., has returned a number of intercepts of uranium mineralization.
Sultan launches Jersey Emerald scoping study (March 05, 2007)
Vancouver — Junior explorer Sultan Minerals (SUL-V, SLMLF-O) is taking the first steps toward reviving a former mining camp in southeastern British Columbia that once ranked among North America’s lea…
Strateco’s hits attract juniors to Otish
Success in drilling new mineralization at the Matoush uranium prospect in the Otish basin of Quebec has drawn a number of junior companies eager to try and find a lookalike in the Proterozoic sediment…
Back to Lynn Lake
It’s been a tough sell to institutional investors, but Independent Nickel (INI-V, INIFF-O) of Sudbury, Ont., has raised the money needed to proceed with an ambitious drill program at the Lynn Lake nic…
High on Tibet
SITE VISIT Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China — With the Chinese government looking to use Continental Minerals’ (KMK-V, KMKCF-O) Xietongmen copper-gold deposit as a template for future foreign mining deals…
GlobeStar sees opportunity in DR
SITE VISIT Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — When Bill Fisher, chief executive of GlobeStar Mining (GMI-T), first arrived on the tropical shores of the Dominican Republic, the weather may have…
BC boosts tax credit for exploration in beetle-kill zone
Vancouver — British Columbia is using tax credits in a bid to spur mineral exploration spending in vast areas of the provincial forest that are being ravaged by an infestation of Mountain Pine Beetle…
Friedland touts Mongolian partnership
Vancouver — Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) chairman Robert Friedland says he can see the advantage of partnering with the government of Mongolia as the company works to develop the massive Oyu Tolgoi c…
Xstrata, Barrick table new Kabanga resource (March 05, 2007)
It’s a deposit that’s been kicking around for decades, but seems to be getting more respect of late.
Niger uranium draws interest
Vancouver — The hot uranium market has spurred explorers to broaden the global hunt for the energy metal, putting the West African country of Niger in the spotlight again.