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Vancouver — Newly revived YGC Resources (YGC-T) has launched a $5-million exploration program at the dormant Ketza River gold mine property, 50 km south of Ross River, Y.T….

An agreement with Barrick Gold (ABX-T) gives Falconbridge (FL-T) a half-interest in the Kabanga nickel deposit in northwestern Tanzania, a property Barrick inheri…

Vancouver — Initial drilling by Tamerlane Ventures (TAM-V) on its Pine Point project in the Northwest Territories has encountered substantial lead and zinc mineralization….

Partners Metallica Resources (MR-T) and Noranda (NRD-T) have intersected significant copper and gold at their El Morro project, 80 km east of Vallenar in north-central Chile….

WMC Resources (WMC-N) has entered a confidentiality agreement with Matamec Explorations (MAT-V) for negotiations on the Vulcain nickel-copper property in Quebec….

Cambior (CBJ-T) will take bids for the Carlota copper project, having decided the base metal project is not a core asset….

Vancouver — Newmont Mining (NEM-N) will spend up to US$230 million this year exploring and developing core gold projects, chiefly in Nevada, Ghana and Peru. Most of the programs ar…

Cameco‘s (CCO-T) net earnings slipped 33% in the first quarter, compared with year-earlier levels, reflecting increased amortization and higher costs related to planned outages at t…