Donner-Falco alliance expanded (March 11, 2002)
Vancouver — Having already teamed up to explore for nickel in the Voisey’s Bay area of Labrador, Donner Minerals (DML-V) and Falconbridge (FL-T) have agreed to a new deal aimed at exploring the proje…
Inco Limited
Inco gets new CFO
Inco (N-T) has appointed Farokh S. Hakimi as executive vice-president and chief financial officer.Hakimi replaces George Halatsis, who resigned from both positions in order to work for another firm.Ha…
Fort Knox, Dynatec launch $14m program
Vancouver — Fort Knox Gold Resources (fnx-t) and Dynatec (DY-T) have inked a joint-venture agreement to explore, develop and potentially mine five nickel-copper properties in the Sudbury district of …
More drilling at Footwall
Vancouver — Junior Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) has resumed drilling on the promising Footwall copper-nickel-platinum-palladium property near Sudbury, Ont.The 2,700-metre program is testing the immediate …
Aurora finances work in Ontario
Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) has topped its treasury with a $1-million brokered financing by Haywood Securities.The Vancouver-based junior is exploring for nickel-copper-platinum group metal deposits in On…
Eur. Goldfields raises funds
European Goldfields (EGU-V) has completed a non-brokered private placement of 1.5 million shares priced at $3.10 apiece.The company intends to use the $4.6 million in gross proceeds to fund exploratio…
Fort Knox raises cash
Fort Knox Gold Resources (FNX-T) has completed an offering of 4 million flow-through shares at $1 apiece and 4 million units at the same price for proceeds of $8 million.One unit comprises one share p…
Expat joins Amarc at Fox River (December 10, 2001)
Vancouver — Having just acquired the Fox River nickel-copper-platinum-palladium property from sister company Rockwell Ventures (RCW-V), Hunter-Dickinson-led Amarc Resources (AHR-V) is dealing a 12% i…
Starfield adds tonnage at Ferguson Lake
Vancouver — Drilling at Starfield Resources’ (SRU-V) Ferguson Lake property in Nunavut has added 8.4 million tonnes to the copper/nickel/cobalt/platinum-group-metal resource.The additional tonnage oc…
Thistle eyes South African assets
Thistle Mining (THT-T) is buying five underground gold mines in the Free State of South Africa. Thistle will pay US$32 million in cash, plus a monthly royalty of US$8 per oz. gold for five years.Among…
Inco squeaks out third-quarter profit
Despite precipitous declines in nickel and copper prices during the third quarter, Inco (N-T) managed to bank a US$33-million profit on sales revenue of US$434 million.The earnings figure, which inclu…
Oliver poised to merge with private company
Vancouver — Oliver Gold (OGO-V) has proposed merging with privately owned Hastings Resource, which holds the rights to the Ona-Puma nickel laterite project, in the northern Brazilian state of Par.H…