Fresh from negotiating a successful buyout of Arequipa Resources, former president Catherine McLeod-Setlzer has found a new challenge: looking for minerals in China.McLeod-Setlzer was recently appoint…
There was still no deal at presstime for the enormous Busang gold project in Kalimantan, Indonesia, but talks continued between Bre-X Minerals (BXM-T) and its blind date, Barrick Gold (ABX-T).Meanwhil…
Montreal-based Franc-Or Resources (FOR-T) has begun drilling at its St.Pierre property in northwestern French Guiana.The 3,000-metre program is testing the downdip extent of the North Body structural …
Partners Emerging Africa Gold (EAG-C) and West Africa Mining Exploration (SMF-M) are proving up the Jean-Gobele gold property in Guinea.In a 5-hole program, southeast of the main Gobele vein, the part…
Nickel giant Inco (N-T) has announced that a former U.S. naval base in Newfoundland will be the site of a US$1-billion, smelting and refining complex to process concentrates from the massive nickel-co…
The Costa Rican government has turned down an environmental impact statement (EIS) from Minera Rayrock (MRN.A-T) regarding the Bellavista gold-silver project.Minera Rayrock is now pursuing an appeal u…
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s TSE 300 composite index at last broke 6,000, but, having vaulted that barrier, it lost momentum and finished the trading period Nov. 27-Dec. 3 at 5,940.73, down 34.83 poin…
The government of Zaire has ratified Consolidated Eurocan Ventures’ (KEU-T) acquisition of a 55% interest in the giant Tenke and Fungurume copper-cobalt concessions.The joint-venture agreement with st…
Junior Black Swan Gold Mines (BSW-T) is intensifying efforts to outline the Cata Preta gold prospect in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state.The deposit has now been drill-tested along a strike length of more …
Drilling by Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) at its Agua Rica property has confirmed previous results indicating significant copper and molybdenum mineralization.The porphyry copper-moly-gold-silve…
Toronto-based Kinross Gold (K-T) has started its $1-million drill program at the Vogel property of Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T), just east of Timmins, Ont.And buying into the program is Thunderwood Resou…
During a summer reconnaissance geology project in northern Manitoba, my assistant and I were dropped off for a 2-week stint at a commercial fishing camp on a large lake.The fishery there appeared to b…
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