Junior Altius Minerals (ALS-V) is seeking a joint-venture partner at its recently acquired Butler’s Pond property in eastern Newfoundland.Butler’s Pond comprises 25 sq. km on the southern lobe of a Pr…
Partners Peruvian Gold (PVO-V) and Imperial Metals (IMP-T) have launched a 3,500-metre program of underground exploration drilling at the Silvertip zinc-lead-silver project in northwestern British Col…
Jan. 25-28 B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines — “Cordilleran Geology and Exploration Roundup.” Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C. Tel: (604) 681-5328.Jan. 30-Feb. 2 American Zinc Association — “Internation…
Strong performances by metal markets helped push up the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index during the Jan. 5-11 report period. The index rose 240 points to 8,442.61. Meanwhile, the metals and minerals s…
Luscar has signed a 3-year deal to supply coal to Ontario Power.No dollar figure was attached to the deal, with Luscar saying prices will be adjusted yearly according to the consumer price index. The …
Follow-up electromagnetic surveys are under way at the Riou Lake uranium project in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan.Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) says the surveys, comprising 140 line km, are de…
Faced with a dwindling cash position, St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) has raised $3.3 million for its projects in the Timmins camp of northern Ontario.In early December 1999, St Andrew received a 14-mont…
Kennady LakeLast winter, Monopros, the Canadian exploration arm of De Beers, collected bulk drill samples from a cluster of four pipes at Kennady Lake in the Northwest Territories (5034, Hearne, Tuzo …
Underlying market sentiment for the diamond mining sector, from a sales perspective, remains positive going into the new year.De Beers Consolidated Mines (dbrsy-q) announced record diamond sales in 19…
Mining analysts Douglas Leishman and Art Ettlinger of Yorkton Securities are optimistic that better times are ahead for the mining sector. In a recent research report titled 2000 and Beyond: The Journ…