Gold rally sputters following US retaliation
Well, so much for the gold rally. Prices for the yellow metal began a downward trend during the Oct. 3-9 report period, falling out of a tight US$290-per-oz. trading range and quietly drifting down to…
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Majescor aims drills at Wemindji
Vancouver — A series of financings has paved the way for Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) to ramp up exploration at two promising diamond properties in northern Quebec.The non-brokered private placements t…
Goldcorp options Confederation
A letter of intent paves the way for Goldcorp (G-T) to earn a majority interest in the Confederation project of Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-V).Situated in northwestern Ontario, the property covers 35 …
Ashton hits apparent kimberlite at Otish
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has intersected what appears to be kimberlite in the first hole of a drilling program in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec.A vertical hole drilled into…
Ivanhoe Mines tops up treasury
With another US$5 million in the till, Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) is well-financed to continue exploring for gold and other metals in Southeast Asia.The junior is exploring a gold-copper-molybdenum porphyr…
US markets continue to slide
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average sank another 243.43 points, or 2.7%, to 8,659.64 during the report period ended Sept. 25 — its lowest level in four years. The Nasdaq settled at 1501.64.The…
Canada’s diamond industry reaches 10-year milestone
Diamonds were a respectable exploration target in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s when De Beers and several major companies launched highly secretive programs aimed at finding kimberlites similar to tho…
FPO Production from Snap Lake project delayed until 2006
A depressed rough diamond market has given De Beers cause to push back production from the Snap Lake underground diamond project in Canada’s Far North until 2006, more than a year longer than was orig…
Tahera options Jericho project to Kennecott Canada
A series of restructuring moves is enabling Tahera (TAH-T) to step up exploration of its extensive landholdings in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.In the latest development, the junior optioned …
BHP disappointed at DHK, WI claims in NWT
Diamond explorer Archon Minerals (ACS-V) has come up empty after drilling 14 geophysical targets on the DHK and WI claim blocks in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories.A year ago, BHP Dia…
Dow plunges in wake of tragedy
Denver — Nearly a week after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington D.C., trading resumed in a strongly negative fashion. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 702.11 points, or 7.3…
Far West readies drills
Far West Mining (FWM-V) is gearing up for a $1.2-million drilling campaign on BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) Great Bear project in the Northwest Territories.Drilling on up to 10 targets will begin in the next…