Queenston begins drilling at Kirkland Lake
On the heels of last week’s $5-million financing, Queenston Mining (QMI-T) has closed the buying-out of Newmont Min…
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Base metals demand poised to improve
While the main global themes of collapsing equity markets and dollar weakness continue to dominate the headlines, it is perhaps not surprising that some positive developments in base metals raw materi…
Tagish Lake drills Skukum
Tagish Lake Gold (TLG-V) has dewatered the underground workings at the Skukum Creek property, 80 km south of Whitehorse, Y.T., in preparation for drilling.A structurally controlled, polymetallic gold-…
Hecla ups 2002 production targets
Continued operating success at the La Camorra gold mine in Venezuela and the San Sebastian silver mine in Mexico’s Durango state is allowing Hecla Mining (HL-N) to revise its production estimates for …
N. Dynasty tags new zones at Pebble
Large alteration halos associated with copper-gold porphyry deposits often host a wide array of mineralizing styles, and the 89-sq.-km Pebble system in southwestern Alaska is no exception: a 5,300-met…
Trans Hex weighs anchor at Marshall Fork
An internal dispute between Trans Hex Group of South Africa and Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) has ended their joint venture in Namibian coastal waters a little more than a year after it began.O…
New forms of gold jewelry share spotlight
Two South African gold companies have entered separate offerings in the gold jewelry market, but for different reasons.AngloGold has teamed with American talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and Edgars, the c…
Cumberland starts new Meadowbank drilling (July 22, 2002)
Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) has started a second phase of drilling on its Meadowbank gold project in Nunavut, following an earlier program that outlined a new zone of mineralization.The new program, …
Correction (July 22, 2002)
The editorial in our July 15-21 issue was cut off without its last line. The last sentence should have read, “That means secure property rights and the enjoyment of income, resources or no resources.”
Bears maul bulls on junior exchange
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGEVancouver — Canada’s venture exchange succumbed to downward market pressure over the week ended July 16. The S&P TSX Venture Exchange composite index tumbled 52.03 points, or 4.5%…
Partners drill Footwall
Aurora Platinum (ARP-T) and joint-venture partner Falconbridge (FL-T) are about to begin the next phase of exploration on the Footwall property near Sudbury, Ont. Falco is the operator.The 16-sq.-km p…