Band-Ore in Canadian diamond hunt
Toronto-based junior Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) has launched airborne geophysical surveys at two of its diamond exploration properties in eastern Canada.At the 25-sq.-km GQ diamond property in Musquas…
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INDEX (March 27, 2000)
AngloGold10Arena Gold2Atna Res.14Aur Res.1Band-Ore14Battle Mt.10Birim11Cambior6Canabrava14Channel Res.18…
Takeover easy on Grupo’s pocketbook
Grupo Mexico expects to save up to US$200 million as a result of its recent merger with Asarco.The savings stem from the elimination of administrative redundancies, consolidation of purchasing and sal…
Underground sampling boosts grade at Luicho
Ongoing chip sampling is enabling Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-T) to enhance a promising bulk-tonnage target at the Luicho gold project in southern Peru.The program is aimed at expanding the Northeast, Cen…
Nic-Cop Mines active through ’50s, but now gone
Recently, while going through the estate of my late father, we came across a share certificate for Nic-Cop Mines Limited, issued in 1955. According to the stock certificate, the company was incorporat…
Metal Prices (March 20, 2000)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateMar. 14Mar. 13Mar. 10Mar. 9…
Ivanhoe explores Indonesia gold target
Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) has met with early success in its exploration of ground near the infamous Busang property of Bre-X Minerals in northeastern Kalimantan, Indonesia.The company, led by well-known m…
Vicuna target shows promise for Tenke
A trenching program designed to test encouraging gold-in-soil geochemistry anomalies has resulted in the discovery of low-grade gold mineralization on the Vicuna gold property in Argentina. The discov…
RJK options Quebec ground
Although general activity is a mere shadow of what it was a year ago, junior companies are still exploring for base metals in the Lac Rocher area of Quebec. The latest entrant is RJK Explorations (RJX…
Southern Metals begins drilling in Ecuador
Southern Metals (SUH-V) has begun a core drilling program at the Paccha gold property in southwestern Ecuador in an effort to test high-grade structures.The junior is earning a 70% interest in the pro…
Partners to see if Duck Pond flies
Following a successful program of infill and extension drilling, Queenston Mining (QMI-T) and Thunderwood Resources (THR-T) are advancing the Duck Pond base metal project in central Newfoundland to th…
Mining bolsters other sectors
A nation’s productivity is widely considered the domain of economists and financial analysts, and few Canadians know the level of Canada’s productivity, or whether it has risen or fallen in recent yea…