Ashton options ground in Lac de Gras
Vancouver — Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has entered into an option agreement with Northern Geophysics to earn…
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Trading Summary (June 05, 2001)
Investors on the Toronto Stock Exchange reacted negatively on Tuesday to market heavyweight Nortel Network’s re-pri…
Australia okays BHP-Billiton merger
Removing the last major hurdle to a US$28-billion deal, the Australian government has approved the merger between t…
Drilling results disappoint Rockwell
Denver– Rockwell Ventures (RCW-V) has dropped the Pedra Branca platinum-palladium project in northeastern Brazil a…
Thunderbox study tabled
LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) has received the positive results of an independently prepared bankable feasib…
Formation improves Idaho Cobalt economics
Vancouver — Formation Capital (FCO-T) has tabled an updated prefeasibility study and new reserve estimates, which…
Maude Lake ups Comtois
A 5,000-metre winter drilling program by Montreal-based Maude Lake Exploration (MAU-M) has increased resources at t…
Champion Resources looking for partner for Farim project
Vancouver — Champion Resources (CHL-V) has tendered its wholly owned Farim phosphate project in Guinea Bissau, Wes…
Tahera’s new kimberlite fails to impress
Microdiamond analysis of 100.4 kg of core sample has returned only two small stones for Tahera (TAH-T) from a recen…
Trading Summary (June 04, 2001)
The Toronto Stock Exchange ended a directionless day 50.26 points higher at 8,301.2 on Monday. The oil and gas sect…
Southern Rio tops up treasury
Vancouver-based Southern Rio Resources (SNZ-V), which is in the midst of drilling at its Santo Tomas copper-molybdenum porphyry prospect in northern Chile, has closed a private placement of 2.7 millio…
Guyana issues units
Guyana Goldfields (YGI-V) is attempting to raise $150,000 in a non-brokered private placement of 385,000 units.A unit consists of a share and half a warrant. A full warrant entitles the holder to buy …