Axmin buoyed by Bambari results
Drilling by Axmin (AXM-V) at the Bambari property in the Central African Republic has traced mineralization at the French Camp prospect to a depth of 110 metres for at least 150 metres along a northwe…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Aquiline presses IMA for Navidad details
Just as a $4.5-million bought-deal financing was about to close, IMA Exploration (IMR-V) received a letter from Aquiline Resources (AQI-V) requesting details regarding the events and methods that led …
Improved bioleaching
Billions of years before man even dreamed of the golden riches hidden beneath the earth’s surface, naturally occurring microorganisms had been leaching valuable metals out of heaps of mineralized rubb…
Great Basin drills at Burnstone
Hunter-Dickinson-led Great Basin Gold (GBG-T) has tabled the results of a 25-hole, 19,000-metre drill program focused on Area 2 of the 400-sq.-km Burnstone property, 100 km southeast of Johannesburg, …
Daily Metal Prices (October 13, 2003)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateOct. 6Oct. 3Oct. 2Oct. 1Sept. 30Al Alloy1385/1385…
Delta-Kenty geophysics spots new targets (October 13, 2003)
Exploration work at the Delta-Kenty property, about 50 km west of the Raglan nickel mine in the Ungava Peninsula of Quebec, has defined several coincident conductive and magnetic bodies in previously …
News – 13-OCT-03
Ontario’s Liberals will have to earn mining’s respect Laws of gravity
“Gouverner, c’est choisir.”– Franois-Gaston duc de Lvis, governor of New France (1759-1760), misattributed to any number of political cliche-artists since.Lvis was right — to govern is to choose …
People (October 13, 2003)
America Mineral Fields — Bernard Pryor and John Bentley appointed directors.Canabrava — Susy Horna appointed corporate secretary.OntZinc — Peter George appointed senior VP of explorati…
Canyon tables new study
One of the highlights of the report period ended Oct. 6 was the tabling of a prefeasibility study of Colorado-based Canyon Resources’ 10.9-million-oz. McDonald gold project in Montana, which has been …
OGS geologist wins medal
Peter Barnett, a geologist with the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS), has received the 2003 provincial geologist’s medal. The presentation was made during a conference of Canada’s energy and mines mini…
H. Douglas Hume
H. Douglas Hume, founder and chairman of Toronto-based Nuinsco Resources, has died. He was 82.Hume founded Nuinsco with geologist George Archibald, a life-long friend and business partner.The two met …