Jericho gets local thumbs up
The Environmental Impact Statement for the Jericho diamond deposit in Nunavut has won conditional approval from the…
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Partners dig into Crater Mountain
The Nevera prospect has returned the best ever results form the 44-sq.-km Crater Mountain property in the Eastern H…
Apac confirms grades at Beiyinhar
Surface sampling by Apac Minerals (APC-V) has confirmed previously encountered high-grade gold values at the Beiyin…
Kwale support reaffirmed
Shares in Tiomin Resources shot up 4.5, or nearly 14%, to 37.5 in early-afternoon trading in Toronto on Feb. 9, a…
Time to improve permitting
We begin the new year in anticipation of positive things for mining in Nevada. It appears metal prices are recovering from their years-long slump and that the overall economy of the state, despite cha…
Junior exchange grinds to a halt
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange lost ground over the week ended Feb. 3 as investors moved into tech stocks, with gold idling at US$400 per oz. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index closed…
LME Warehouse Levels (February 09, 2004)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 3 (change from Jan. 26 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1442150(-98…
Lamaque drilling cuts gold
Drilling by Kalahari Resources (kla-v) at its Lamaque project in northwestern Quebec has returned more gold intersections. The company tested two magnetic anomalies, T-06 and T-03, on the property. At…
Apex raises US$161m
The report period Jan. 28-Feb. 3 may have been more remarkable for what didn’t happen than for what did. Reaction to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee dominated the U.S. equity markets …
Sunridge explores in Eritrea (February 09, 2004)
Two drills are testing the Debarwa copper-gold deposit in Eritrea. The near-surface, volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit is part of the 1,400-sq.-km Asmara project held by partners Sunridge Gold (SG…
Nevsun tests Bisha
Although best known for its Tabakoto-Segala gold projects in the Kenieba district of Mali, Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) has launched a major drill program to advance a promising, high-grade gold and base …
Cumberland expands Meadowbank (February 09, 2004)
Convinced that the Meadowbank gold deposit is rich enough to support an open-pit mine and mill in the High Arctic region of Nunavut, Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) is advancing the project through the f…