Juniors scour BC’s Toodoggone region
Vancouver — With the Kemess South open-pit copper-gold mine serving as a model, Northgate Explorations (NGT-V) and a host of other juniors are exploring the Toodoggone region of north-central British…
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Anooraq busy on the Bushveld
Mokopane, South Africa — Hunter-Dickinson-led Anooraq Resources (ARQ-V) has tabled an inferred resource totalling some 4.2 million oz. platinum and palladium (PGMs) plus gold for the Drenthe farm on …
Metallic chases Nevada high grade
Determined to achieve mid-tier producer status in a few years, Reno-based Metallic Ventures (MVG-T) is exploring three advanced-stage gold projects in Nevada.Chief among these is the historic Esmerald…
Goldcorp, Placer Dome spark Red Lake revival
Vancouver — The Red Lake area of northwestern Ontario has had its share of gold exploration booms over the past 75 years. Today, thanks to the discovery of additional reserves along the 24-million-oz…
Healthy prices, discoveries spur nickel exploration
After losing ground to their trendy laterite cousins a few years ago, nickel sulphide deposits — hosts of the giant Sudbury, Voisey’s Bay and Norilsk orebodies — are back in fashion.Nickel sulphide …
Exploration heats up in SW New Brunswick
Despite a slump in base metal exploration, 2002 proved to be a banner year for precious metals in New Brunswick. It was gold’s turn to shine as exploration efforts turned up widespread occurrences in …
Barrick shows grassroots prowess with Peruvian find
A new emphasis on grassroots exploration paid off for Barrick Gold (ABX-T) in 2002 with the discovery of the 9.5-million-oz. Lagunas Norte gold deposit at Alto Chicama in northern Peru.Barrick jump-st…
Tanzania: a miner’s elephant country
Better known for red-cloaked Masai tribesmen and big game safaris, the United Republic of Tanzania is actually a phenomenally mineral-rich land.Formerly known as British East Africa, and German East A…
Croinor deposit grows
A slew of new drill results and an ongoing campaign are keeping South-Malartic Exploration (MSU-V) as determined as ever as to advance the venerable Croinor gold deposit to production.Situated 70 km e…
Nevsun zooms in on Eritrean VMS prospect
A high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide discovery has prompted Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) to pick up the pace at the Bisha property in Eritrea.Earlier this year, Nevsun sunk six preliminary holes to …
Ivanhoe expands Turquoise Hill deposit
With its ever-expanding Turquoise Hill copper-gold project in Mongolia sitting on China’s doorstep, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) is poised to offer a critical supply of copper metal to that country.Copper im…
Wheaton River raises $334m
Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has raised the funds needed to buy the Peaks gold mine in Australia and a quarter-stake in the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold mine in Argentina.In January, Wheaton agr…