UME whips San Gregorio into shape
Montevideo, Uruguay — One man’s poison has proved to be another man’s meat in Uruguay, thanks to Australian ingenuity, persistence, and good timing.Uruguay Mineral Exploration (UME-V) has not only tr…
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The Northern Miner Indices (March 08, 2004)
North American Mining: 111.15 (+2.43)Small Producers: 123.03 (+0.61)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
First Associates’ Poirier favours Glencairn
The following is the first in a series of articles concerned with the stock picks of a select group of mining analysts and newsletter writers who follow the junior retail mining sector closely. This w…
Editorial Cartoon (March 08, 2004)
Loulo project shows potential of Senegal-Mali shear zone
Kniba, Mali — If West Africa has been the gold industry’s elephant country in the past decade, it is the Senegal-Mali shear zone where the biggest trophies have been bagged.The biggest, certainly, …
Southwestern Res. soars on Boka discovery
With shares trading at about $35, Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) has been given a rousing vote of confidence for its exploration efforts at the Boka gold project in southern China.The Vancouver-based …
Glencairn looks for new veins at El Limon
Leon, Nicaragua — Glencairn Gold (GGG-T) has begun a major hunt for new reserve ounces around its aging El Limon gold mine in Nicaragua.The Toronto-based junior acquired a 95% stake in the mine last …
Rare Earth explores nickel find at South Bay
Vancouver — With more than $3 million in its coffers, Rare Earth Metals (REM-V) is busy exploring its four mineral properties — three in Manitoba and one in Nevada.In Manitoba, the company is engage…
Minco goes east for ‘Carlin’ gold
Barring unforeseen events and assuming exploration continues apace, the Qinling Gold Triangle is poised to become China’s equivalent of Nevada’s Carlin trend — one of the premier gold-mining camps in…
Abacus drills Afton targets
A 10,000-metre drilling program will test numerous geophysical anomalies on ground held by Abacus Mining & Exploration (AME-V) in the Afton copper-gold camp, near Kamloops, B.C.The Vancouver-based jun…
TSX leads the world in mine financings
As in South Africa, gold has been one of Canada’s most important mineral products for a long time, but in the last few years we have begun to produce diamonds too. South Africa has the distinction of …
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…