Drill turns on AK claims
Vancouver — With a bulk sampling program well underway on the 5034 kimberlite pipe, De Beers Canada has launched a…
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Ashton aims at Potentilla
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has begun a winter field program on the Kikerk Lake property in the north Slave Cra…
Placer joins Comaplex in N.W.T.
Comaplex Minerals has granted Placer Dome (PDG-T) an option to earn up to a 75% interest in the 286-sq.-km Noomut g…
Trading Summary (March 25, 2002)
The golds provided the only glitter on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday gaining 197.36 points or 3.3% to end at…
WTC moves ahead at Penasquito
Vancouver — With preliminary test work indicating the potential to lower capital costs by using heavy media separa…
Partners eye Sabara production (March 25, 2002)
Brazilian Resources (YBZ-V) and its operating partner, IMS Empreendimentos, are preparing to mine the former’s whol…
Fronteer inks strategic alliance with Aussie major
Australia’s AurionGold has entered into a strategic alliance to explore and develop Fronteer Development Group’s (Y…
Outokumpu reconsiders Tara sale
Outokumpu has confirmed that it has held talks with several firms regarding the sale of its 200,000-tonne-per-year…
TSE Short Positions (March 25, 2002)
Short positions outstanding at March 15, 2002Larger individual positions include Agnico-Eagle 3,181,982 up 163,821; Alcan 1,369,537 up 91,891; Ashton 491,510 up 62,710; Barrick…
CIM talk to focus on Pogo gold project Image
The Pogo gold project in Alaska will be discussed at a gathering of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum on March 27.Teck Cominco intends to develop the p…
PDAC 2002 cautiously upbeat
Cautiously upbeat may well describe the mood of delegates attending this year’s convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).John Steele, the association’s president, set th…
De Beers sees Canada as top priority
De Beers has allocated more than half its 2002 global exploration budget to The Great White North, and that, when combined with planned expenditures on the Snap Lake and Victor diamond projects, means…