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 …
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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…
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…