Tournigan expands drilling in Northern Ireland
Vancouver — Tournigan Gold (TVC-V) has added a second diamond drill rig to its Tyrone project in Northern Ireland.The main target on the 346-sq.-km property is the Curraghinalt deposit, though severa…
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People (June 30, 2003)
Ariane — Leanne Baker appointed to board of directors.BacTech — Brad Marchant appointed CEO.Bishop — Arthur Fisher appointed manager of resource development.Brett…
More kimberlites at Churchill
Drilling by Shear Minerals (SRM-V) and Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V), designed to test at least 15 geophysical targets, has intersected kimberlite on five of six targets tested so far.The fourth an…
Wolfden adds zone, mill and properties
Follow-up drilling by Wolfden Resources (YWO-V) has intersected a massive sulphide zone 1.7 km west of the existing A/B and D zones on its High Lake volcanogenic massive sulphide property in Nunavut’s…
LME Warehouse Levels (June 30, 2003)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, June 24 (change from June 17 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1131975(+1…
The Northern Miner Indices (June 30, 2003)
North American Mining: 72.19 (-3.87)Small Producers: 69.51 (-1.82)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
PFN cuts more PGMs at River Valley
Vancouver — Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has released encouraging values from its sixth-phase drill program at the River Valley project, near Sudbury, Ont.One of two rigs is testing the Dana La…
Trading Summary (June 27, 2003)
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s diversified metals & mining index pulled out of its recent mini-funk, adding 1.71 poin…
Foxtrot yields large stone
Vancouver Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has recovered a stone measuring 8.8-by-8.2-by-4.8 mm from the Renard 65…
Kwale mining lease rubber-stamped
Kenya’s minister of natural resources has officially approved a special mining lease for Tiomin Resources’ (TIO-T)…
Southwestern drills Liam
Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) has launched a 2,000 metre drill program on the Liam silver property in…
Hawk lands at AfriOre’s FSC project
Hawk Precious Minerals (HAWK-U) has agreed to take up to a half-interest in AfriOre’s (AFO-T) 1,090-sq.-km FSC gold…