Canico cuts new zone in Brazil
Vancouver An ongoing 11,000-metre drill program has discovered a new zone of nickel laterite mineralization on th…
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AfriOre adds to gold stable
Continuing its move into the gold business, AfriOre (AFO-T) has been awarded a special prospecting licence for the…
Partners sink $5.4m underground at McCreedy West
FNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) have begun a $5.4-million underground exploration program at the McCreedy Wes…
AngloGold reaches out to retail crowd
South African major AngloGold (AU-N) has provided details on its plans for a share split, while unveiling an offer to buy odd lots of shares.AngloGold regards the price of its shares as “very high” re…
Canadian Royalties tags hot holes at Expo-Ungava
Vancouver — Drill results reported by Canadian Royalties (CZZ-V) continue to indicate the economic potential of the Expo-Ungava nickel-copper-platinum-palladium project in northern Quebec.”We’re exci…
Kennecott ups diamond search at Rockinghorse
While Tahera (TAH-T) awaits details of next year’s budget for the Rockinghorse project in the Coronation Gulf diamond district of Nunavut, its joint-venture partner, Kennecott Canada Exploration, is c…
Correction (November 18, 2002)
The story “New tents pitched in Red Lake camp” (T.N.M., Oct. 21/02) incorrectly stated that Southern Star Resources (YSO-V) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden Star Resources (GSC-T).Southern Star …
Platinum in high demand
Demand for platinum is forecast to climb by 2.9% to 6.4 million oz. in 2002, according to an interim review of platinum-group-metal markets published by London-based Johnson Matthey.Chinese purchases …
Seahorse douses GGL’s hopes
The discovery of multiple kimberlites by GGL Diamond (GGL-V) on its Seahorse property in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories has proved barren of diamonds.A cluster of three irregular in…
Fording adds cash to fight hostile Sherritt bid
Bolstering its defence against a $1.6-billion takeover bid by the Sherritt Coal Partnership II, Fording (FDG-T) has announced plans to offer shareholders a $3-per-share cash bonus as part of its propo…
Grasberg delivers the goods in third quarter
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) is bouncing back from a disappointing first half, thanks to strong operating performance at the massive Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia.The improvement re…
Edgar Pye
Edgar Pye, who formed the Ontario Geological Survey in 1972, has died.A geology graduate of the University of Toronto, Pye began his career in 1948, mapping iron formations in Ashmore and Errington tw…