Solitario hits new mineralization at Pedra Branca
Vancouver — Denver-based Solitario Resources (SLR-T) has recently completed its phase 2, nine hole, drill program…
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Redstar eyes Red Lake
Vancouver — With over 247-sq-km of land holdings in the Red Lake area of Ontario, Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has dea…
Donner-Falco alliance expanded (March 11, 2002)
Vancouver — Having already teamed up to explore for nickel in the Voisey’s Bay area of Labrador, Donner Minerals (DML-V) and Falconbridge (FL-T) have agreed to a new deal aimed at exploring the proje…
Junior targets Guiana shield for PGMs
Junior Guyana Goldfields (YGI-V) has widened the global search for platinum group metals by picking up four properties in the Guiana shield of South America.The junior can earn 100% interests in the B…
New wave of explorers seeks Olympic Dam-type deposits
A quarter-century after the Olympic Dam discovery in Australia left geologists struggling to classify the giant oddity they’d found, a new and better-informed wave of exploration for Olympic Dam-style…
FPO Hemlo seen as ripe for consolidation
The much-anticipated consolidation that’s shaking up the gold industry is capturing the attention of investors and mining executives alike. Although most of the attention is focused on activities at t…
Rhonda raises $1.8m for diamond exploration
Determined to explore a large land position in the heart of the Coronation diamond district in Nunavut, Rhonda (RDM-V) has raised $1.8 million in a public financing arranged through Canaccord Capital …
Producer and Dealer Prices (March 11, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,125/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.20/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.60-7.00/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.7405/lb.Indium: Indi…
FPO Pacific Rim, Dayton propose merger
In what has been described as a “win-win situation” by both parties, Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-T) and Dayton Mining (DAY-T) are proposing a merger. Management of Pacific Rim likes the high-grade potenti…
New sulphide prospect at Aripuana
Drilling by Anglo American (AAUK-Q) to test an electromagnetic conductor on the Aripuana property in northern Mato Grosso state, Brazil, has intersected sulphide mineralization along strike from two z…
LEH outlines Geordie
Junior L.E.H. Ventures (LEH-V) has outlined a low-grade polymetallic resource at its Geordie Lake property in the Thunder Bay region of northern Ontario.Indicated resources ring in at 24.4 million ton…
Johnson Matthey buys asset
Johnson Matthey has acquired Avocado Research Chemicals, a manufacturer and supplier of organic compounds used in laboratory research.Based in Heysham, Lancashire, U.K., Avocado is a reputed supplier …