Pathfinder to test Zulema
A 2,000-metre drilling program will test geophysical and other targets identified by Pathfinder Resources (PHR-V) at the Zulema copper-gold project in northern Chile.The Vancouver-based junior holds a…
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Thank you India
With the rapid industrialization of China and all that goes along with it (such as increased metals demand) garnering so much media attention, it’s perhaps not surprising that the world’s second most …
New discovery spurs Mount Polley’s revival
The latest round of drilling by Imperial Metals (III-T) is confirming the high-grade nature of the newly discovered Northeast zone at the Mount Polley mine project in south-central British Columbia.Th…
Money matters for Mining Matters
The Mining Matters program, which teaches earth sciences to Ontario elementary school students, is trying to raise $75,000 this year, and so far has scraped together about $30,000.Created by the Prosp…
Constellation cuts Cashin copper (March 08, 2004)
Fan drilling to define the western margin of the Cashin deposit in Colorado has returned some wide swaths of encouraging copper grades for Denver-based Constellation Copper (CCU-T).The latest holes we…
SEC nabs ‘Runaway Ron’ (March 08, 2004)
American regulators have filed a civil suit against Ronald V. Markham, a promoter described by securities regulators on several continents as “the ultimate con man.”A report by Brent Mudry in Canada S…
LME Warehouse Levels (March 08, 2004)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, March 2 (change from Feb. 24 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1393675(+8…
Northern Miner Indices (March 08, 2004)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T17.1%CamecoCCO-T3.3%FalconbridgeFL-T5.0%Freeport McM BFCX-N8.2%GoldcorpG-T4.3%IncoN-T8.7%Kinross GoldK-T4.3%Newmont MiningNEM…
Eurasian Minerals spreads wings in Kyrgyzstan and Turkey
Vancouver — With $3.9 million in its coffers, Eurasian Minerals (EMX-V) has picked up three mineral exploration licences totalling 5,125 sq. km in Kyrgyzstan, as well as the Sisorta high sulphidation…
African Gold Group zeroes in on Ghana
Four of the men who helped create gold junior Banro (BNR-V) in the mid-1990s have regrouped for a grassroots venture in Ghana under the banner African Gold Group, which will soon begin trading as a ti…
San Gold, Gold City team up to buy Bissett mine
The Bissett gold mine, north of Winnipeg, Man., is about to change hands yet again.South Africa’s Harmony Gold Mining (HMY-N) has inked a deal to sell the project to San Gold Mining (SGR-V), a junior …
Kimber aims to advance Carmen to feasibility
Stronger precious metals prices have re-ignited interest in Mexico’s Sierra Madre gold-silver belt, and among the beneficiaries is Kimber Resources (KBR-V), which plans to complete a feasibility study…