Freewest drilling near Timmins
A 5-hole, 1,000-metre drill program by Freewest Resources (FWR-T) will test the Bristol Twp. gold property in the Timmins region of northern Ontario.The program will test five separate induced-polariz…
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MINERAL EXPLORATION — Downhole geophysics helps keep Voisey’s Bay II dream alive
Although they have yet to find economic base metal concentrations, juniors Columbia Yukon Resources (CYR-A) and International CanAlaska Resources (ICA-V) refuse to abandon the theory that the Eastern …
Banro Res. drills in Dem. Republic of Congo
Toronto-based Banro Resource (BNRS-C) has finally succeeded in airlifting some 90 tons of equipment — including two diamond-drill rigs — from South Africa to its Twangiza gold deposit in the Democra…
MINERAL EXPORATION — Neural networks applied to Carlin trend
By applying neural pattern recognition technology, Uranerz USA is reinterpreting the Ren gold property in the Carlin trend of northern Nevada.The property is a joint venture between Uranerz, Romarco M…
EGR, Auspex increase Portuguese gold resource
Partners European Gold Resources (EGI-C)(formerly Montemor Resources) and Auspex Minerals (APJ-V) are making progress at their equally shared Montemor gold project in southwestern Portugal.The gold re…
MINERAL EXPLORATION — Perseverance pays for Cominco in Yukon
In 1994, Cominco (CLT-T) discovered the ABM polymetallic deposit at its Kudz Ze Kayah property in the southeastern Yukon, confirming the area’s potential for hosting volcanogenic massive sulphide depo…
MINERAL EXPLORATION — Ventures drills base metals targets
Eagle, Alaska — Weak gold prices have induced Ventures Resource (vrs-v) to diversify its exploration activities to include base metals.The company is drilling two lead-zinc-silver properties — Lead …
MINERAL EXPLORATIOIN — Companies take search for buried deposits to new depths
With the aid of gravity geophysics, a large mineralizing system has been discovered at the Converse gold project near the Lone Tree gold mine in northern Nevada’s Battle Mountain trend.The information…
MINERAL EXPLORATION — Mispec hones skills at Jampang — Cigaru area serves as model for exploration
New exploration programs typically face many difficulties, and these are compounded when the area under consideration is extensive and plagued by heavy overburden. However, while the Jampang property …
MINERAL EXPORATION — Drills hit at Raigorodok
A drill program by Central Asia Goldfields (CGZ-M) has returned a 195-metre interval grading 1.5 grams gold per tonne from the Raigorodok North gold project in Kazakstan.The company says this result, …
SouthernEra turns up strong grades at Klipspringer — Company purchases more mineral rights in Northern Transvaal
Diamond yields from recent tests at the Klipspringer project in South Africa’s Northern province are vaulting it into the upper echelons in terms of grade.Operator SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has re…
PEOPLE — FORAN
David Mason appointed director.