Securities session at PDAC
David Brown, chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission, will be among the speakers at a 3-hour session on securities regulations at the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Associatio…
Eastmain Resources Inc
Analysts pick best bets for 2003
The Northern Miner asked five analysts of the junior mining sector for their recommendations and predictions for 2003. The list includes John Kaiser, publisher of the Kaiser Bottom Fishing Report, Don…
Eastmain sees deep zones at Clearwater
Initial results from an 18-hole drill program at the Clearwater project in the James Bay region of Quebec have traced shallow gold mineralization to a vertical depth of 500 metres, a result that has t…
Quebec gold juniors still on the move
Rouyn-Noranda, Que. — The annual convention of the Quebec Prospectors’ Association, held here recently in the heart of the Abitibi, is shining a spotlight on the many exploration and development proj…
Venture exchange bucks downward trend
Vancouver — Despite the major bourses being spooked by profit warnings, Canada’s junior exchange managed to scrape together a few points to buck the trend over the week ended Sept. 17. The TSX Ventur…
Wolverton picks seven top gold juniors
As the rally in gold stocks percolates downwards into smaller and smaller companies, analysts such as Tracy Hurley of Wolverton Securities are examining microcap gold stocks and recommending those tha…
New wave of explorers seeks Olympic Dam-type deposits
A quarter-century after the Olympic Dam discovery in Australia left geologists struggling to classify the giant oddity they’d found, a new and better-informed wave of exploration for Olympic Dam-style…
Eastmain hits sulphides
Drilling by Eastmain Resources (ER-T) at the Railroad property near Bathurst, N.B., has intersected some thin, but extremely high-grade zones of massive sulphides.Six holes were drilled on the Railroa…
Quaterra targets classic platinum play
Ketchikan, Alaska — Some 56 km north-northwest of this regional port city, Vancouver-based Quaterra Resources (QTA-V) and partner International Freegold Mineral Development () are taking platinum exp…
Flow-through share financings benefit Canuck juniors
Vancouver — Companies with Canadian projects are finding willing investors for flow-through share issues, which provide investors with tax deductions on exploration expenses.- Canabrava Diamond (CNB-…
Eastern Canada’s VMS camps attract financing
Exploration for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits is showing signs of sustainable life in eastern Canada as majors Billiton, Inmet Mining (IMN-T), Noranda (NOR-T) and Phelps…
Partners team up in NB
Eastmain Resources (ER-T) has stepped up its exploration efforts in the prolific Bathurst base metal mining camp of New Brunswick by optioning 394 claims from Stratabound Minerals (SB-V).The claims ar…