Almaden Resources tests Mexican targets
Diamond drill results from the Erika gold prospect in southern Mexico indicate the upper levels of a preserved, low-sulphidation epithermal system.Almaden Resources (AMH-V) recently drilled eight hole…
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Drilling at Pino Andino disappoints
Recent drill results from the Pino Andino property in central Argentina’s Neuqun province have proved disappointing for Minera Andes (MAI-A).The program, which was designed to evaluate a zone of gold …
Hemlock takes aim at Tres Amigos
Drilling has begun on the Tres Amigos zone of Golden Hemlock Explorations’ (GHE-V) wholly owned San Jose de Gracia project in western Mexico.Infill drilling is testing the continuity of previously ide…
Northern Crown hits Mexican high grade — Work on a prefeasibility study to begin immediately
More high-grade gold and silver have been recorded along the San Miguel-Chiripa zone at Northern Crown Mines’ (NCW-T) Guadalupe de los Reyes project in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa.The San Mig…
BASE METALS — Spectrum Res. explores nickel prospect in Vietnam
Newly listed Spectrum Resources (SPC-V) is continuing to explore and develop nickel targets at the Ta Khoa concession in Vietnam. This year’s program consists of 16 holes drilled over approximately 2,…
Stepout drilling starts at Diablillos
In the northwestern Argentine province of Salta, a 10,000-Metre stepout drill program has begun on the Diablillos gold-silver property of Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-V).The work, which is being supervised…
STOCK MARKETS — Western investors cool to foreign-oriented juniors — Reward and Taseko among few that manage to buck downward trend
Western markets lost ground again over the report period ended June 17. The Vancouver Stock Exchange dropped 42.73 points to 918.59, whereas Alberta was off 62.58 points at 2,388.22.Gold Canyon Resour…
Manhattan pulls high grade in Mexico
Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) has received further encouraging results from its diamond drill program on the Candamena gold-silver property in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.A total of 10,313 me…
BASE METALS — Fairfield options Yukon properties
A staking program by Fairfield Minerals (FFD-T) has resulted in the acquisition of two properties comprising 130 claims in the Wolf Lake and Teslin areas of the southern Yukon.The land package is with…
DIAMOND PAGE — Diavik JV to evaluate diamonds
The Diavik Diamond joint venture in the Northwest Territories has begun processing an underground bulk sample of more than 3,000 tonnes of kimberlite material.The material was extracted from pipe A-41…
Birim to gain ground in Ghana
Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) has agreed to acquire from Santa Fe Pacific Gold a 90% interest in three gold licences covering most of the Bui structural belt in western Ghana.Santa Fe is a subsidiary of Ne…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — The mechanic’s apprentice
In 1934, Bill White, the master mechanic at Paymaster Consolidated Mines in Timmins, Ont., hired a young man as a machine shop apprentice.Jimmie Gregulski, a boy of Polish descent from the nearby town…