Kennecott undeterred at Rockinghorse (May 22, 2002)
Spring drilling by Kennecott Canada Exploration on 12 exploration targets at the Rockinghorse joint venture in Nuna…
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Meridian eager to drill Machacala (May 22, 2002)
Meridian Gold (MNG-T) is gearing up for its first round of exploration drilling at the Machacala gold-silver proper…
Ashton finds kimberlite at Kikerk Lake (May 22, 2002)
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has intersected a new kimberlite body on the Kikerk Lake property in the north Slav…
Queenstake moves Magistral forward
Vancouver With construction well underway on its 50% held Magistral project, Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) expects…
Trading Summary (May 21, 2002)
The Toronto Stock Exchange was a little weaker in trading on Tuesday, with the TSX Composite Index slipping 38.72 p…
Pan American Silver to buy Corner Bay
In a friendly, all-share deal, Vancouver-based silver producer Pan American Silver (PAA-T) is offering to acquire a…
More high-grade for Cumberland
Drilling by Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) at its Meadowbank gold project north of Baker Lake in Nunavut has interse…
Drill turns at Limousine Butte (May 21, 2002)
Vancouver — Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has launched a fourth round of drilling on Nevada Pacific Gold’s (NPG-V) Limous…
Pacific Rim eyes La Calera
Vancouver — With both the court and shareholders approving the merger of Pacific Rim Mining and Dayton Mining, the…
Jean Elizabeth Wegenast
Jean Elizabeth “Zibby” Wegenast, wife of mining engineer and university professor William Wegenast, has died after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 73.Born in Newfoundland, she was the daugh…
Gold index loses lustre
The S&P/TSX composite index slipped 9.1 points during the May 8-14 report period, closing at 7,707.8 points.Gold yo-yoed itself to a US$308.40-per-oz. London afternoon fix on May 14, a net decrease of…
El Sauzal poised to benefit from Glamis-Francisco merger
The proposed merger between Francisco Gold (FGX-V) and Glamis Gold (GLG-T), now set for mid-June, will provide the latter with some promising development projects.Under the binding offer, which has be…