Placer Dome makes South African debut
Last year’s acquisition of half of the South Deep mine in South Africa helped to more than double Placer Dome’s (PDG-T) ore reserves to nearly 66 million oz. gold.The Vancouver-based major purchased a…
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Land-use battles subject of forum at MM2000
Competing interests in the land-use battle were explored in a recent forum titled “Land-use battles: will they ever end?”, at Mining Millennium 2000, a Toronto conference jointly sponsored by the Pros…
Virginia funded for programs in Quebec
Few juniors have generated as much exploration smoke as Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) or assembled a land package as prospective as that company’s 14 gold and base metal properties in northern Quebec. K…
Diamond Fields begins study
Diamond Fields International (DFI-T) is advancing its marine diamond concessions near Luderitz, Namibia, to the stage of final feasibility study.As part of the study, U.K.-based Seacore, a British mar…
CDNX cools off as tech rally weakens
Canada’s junior exchange slowed its bull run to a mere trot, posting only 29.44 points, or 0.67%, to finish the week ended March 21 at 4,404.89. The mining index kept a slightly faster pace, tacking o…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, March 15-21
Exchg Val($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 892947 69.19 61.75 68.31 + 7.06…
Global Diamond tests anomalies
San Diego, Calif.-based Global Diamond Resources (GDRS-Q) will investigate two aeromagnetic anomalies on its Caerwinning property in South Africa’s Northern Cape province.Ground geophysics, followed b…
Monument Bay drilling turns up more gold
Drilling by Thunder Bay-based Wolfden Resources (WOLF-C) continues to intersect gold mineralization in the known A and B Zone structures at the Monument Bay deposit in northeastern Manitoba.The progra…
St. Elias to drill Zona Verde
Channel sampling on the Cueva Blanca gold property in Peru is allowing St. Elias Minerals (SLI-V) to enhance a promising new gold zone.Situated in the northern portion of the property, the Zona Verde …
Summo hits extension of Centennial copper deposit
A 15-hole exploration program targeting the southern end of the Centennial copper oxide deposit in southeastern Utah has uncovered a new mineralized zone for Denver-based Summo Minerals (SMA-T).Coveri…
Gold Fields, Outokumpu ink PGM deal
Gold Fields (GOLD-N) and Outokumpu will explore jointly for platinum group metals (PGMs) on a 14,000-ha property in north-central Finland.Two layered intrusive complexes are known to exist on the prop…
Sunshine sees sparkle in Argentine play
Channel sampling at the Capricho massive sulphide project in Argentina has resulted in significant values for lead, copper and silver over a horizontal distance of 1,000 metres.The program, carried ou…