Radius, Barrick step up drilling at El Salitre
Partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Radius Explorations (RDU-V) have launched a 2,000-metre program of reverse-circulation drilling on the El Salitre property in Mexico’s Guanajuato state.Discovered by …
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Minefinders ups Dolores resource (October 23, 2000)
A new resource estimate for the Dolores deposit in Mexico’s Chihuahua state shows that the Main zone hosts about 3.2 million oz. gold and 165 million oz. silver.Using results from 230 holes and a cuto…
Taylor resurrection gets independent nod
An independent consultant to St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) has corroborated the need for an underground exploration and development program at the Taylor project, near Timmins, Ontario.Taylor, which wa…
Eclipse of Logan by Trudeau unnecessary
Recently, Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced that Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak, would be renamed Pierre Elliott Trudeau Mountain. I am surprised. Is Canada’s natural (geographic) endowment s…
Alamo Dorado moves closer to heap leach operation
New metallurgical results confirm the feasibility of heap-leaching material mined from the Alamo Dorado silver-gold deposit, reports Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T).Situated in Mexico’s Sonora state, Alam…
Cumberland adds deposit to Meadowbank
Drilling at the Meadowbank gold project, in Nunavut, has prompted Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) to initiate a resource estimate for the newly discovered Vault zone.The zone, situated 5 km northeast of …
Consolidation, hedging dominate Denver gold show
Delegates at Mining Investment Forum 2000, sponsored by the Denver Gold Group, were in general agreement that the gold sector would benefit from further consolidation.Over the past several months, two…
Gold Funds (October 16, 2000)
Gold Funds as of Oct 5, 2000Dynamic MutualCentral FundNet Value$12.28$5.41Price$7.40…
Mindoro keen on Tapian San Francisco project
Mindoro Resources (MIO-V) is gearing up to explore ground situated 10 km southwest of the Boyugnan copper-gold porphyry discovery on Mindanao Island in the Philippines.Partners Philex Gold (PGI-V) and…
Broad market losses weigh down holiday period
Despite a brief surge early on, the Toronto Stock Exchange slipped 61.52 points over the report period Oct. 4-10 to end the Thanksgiving-shortened week at 10,394.33.Resource stocks were a mixed bag, w…
Miners hit in weak market
Despite a late surge in the price of gold, mining stocks were battered, along with the rest of the market, for the week ended Oct. 10. The Dow Jones industrial average slumped 195.35 points, or 1.8%, …
Technology sector pulls down CDNX
A 6.5% drop in the technology sector, combined with a 1.6% slide in the mining index, pulled the Canadian Venture Exchange down during the holiday-shortened report period ended Oct. 10. The CDNX compo…