Athabasca Basin attracts uranium explorers
Vancouver — The Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan and Alberta is luring more and more junior companies eager to explore the potential for new uranium discoveries.
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Ashton, Soquem prove up Renard cluster at Foxtrot property
Camp Lagopede, Foxtrot, Que. — It has long been speculated that those diamonds that have surfaced randomly and unexpectantly in the last couple of centuries across portions of the U.S., at the southern margins of glaciation, must have had their s…
Gateway goes deep at Big Springs
Wild Horse, Nev. — With gold prices heading higher and showing no signs of stopping anytime soon, Nevada is enjoying a third wave of gold exploration across the northern reaches of the state.
Central America attracting bigger fish
Encouraging exploration results from Central America, particularly Nicaragua, have attracted at least one big player to a region largely ignored by gold producers in the recent past.
Churchill kimberlite camp proves frustrating
Despite disappointing microdiamond results from a second year of drilling on the Churchill joint venture in eastern Nunavut,
Nevada mine sites, past and present, attract bulk of exploration
Vancouver — Exploration spending in the U.S. has been in sharp decline for most of the past decade, falling 66% to below US$150 million in 2002 from 1997 levels, with a 77% drop in new claims over the same period. Weak metal prices and relentless…
Shame about the ‘new face’
The official congress of China’s mining industry, “China Mining 2004,” took place in central Beijing in mid-November, hosted by China’s Ministry of Land and Resources, a “super ministry,” formed in 1998, under which all mining in the country opera…
Alaska exploration firing on all cylinders
Fairbanks, Alaska — This year’s exploration activity in Alaska will likely exceed that of the last few years combined, as companies continue to be spurred into action by the recent surge in metal prices, especially gold.
The Northern Miner Indices (November 29, 2004)
North American Mining: 113.79 (-0.27)…
Royal Gold flush with cash
Vancouver — Thanks to sliding-scale royalties tied to the price of bullion,
John Mangan
John “Pat” Mangan, known mostly for starting Hedman Resources, has died. He was 84.
Solitario limits Peruvian royalty
Facing a new government royalty on mine production that could have discouraged further work by operator Minera Yanacocha,