Valerie moves into Manitoba
With diamond exploration heating up in Manitoba, Valerie Gold Resources (VLG-V) has joined the fray and optioned a 165-sq.-km property, 35 km east of Gillam.The junior can earn a 100% interest in the …
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Juniors comb Superior Craton for gems
Partners Navigator Exploration (NVR-V) and Canabrava Diamond (CNB-V) have so far drill-tested five geophysical anomalies on the Kat project in the Attawapiskat region of northern Ontario.One of these,…
Kennecott, Montello eye targets in Manitoba
Based on results from regional till sampling and follow-up airborne magnetic geophysics on the Poplar diamond project in Manitoba, Kennecott Canada Exploration and its partner, Montello Resources (MEO…
BHP identifies 22 targets in Lac de Gras area
BHP Diamonds, a division of Australia-based BHP (BHP-N), has identified 22 potential kimberlite targets on the DHK and WI joint-venture claim blocks in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territorie…
Diamond exploration heats up in Manitoba
An area of northeastern Manitoba, between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay, has been quietly garnering the attention of the major diamond explorers, including De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q), BHP (B…
Band-Ore in Canadian diamond hunt
Toronto-based junior Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) has launched airborne geophysical surveys at two of its diamond exploration properties in eastern Canada.At the 25-sq.-km GQ diamond property in Musquas…
Drilling planned for Whitefish Lake property
Vancouver — Encouraged by northern Ontario’s diamond potential, Kennecott Canada Exploration has initiated diamond drilling at the Whitefish Lake and KAP properties, near Wawa.The program is testing …
Diversity key to Southwestern Gold’s strategy
Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) has dealt itself an enviable hand in the resource sector. In addition to exploring for gold, silver and base metals in Peru, Chile and China, the Vancouver-based junior is hu…
Ekati’s success fuels Great Canadian Diamond Play
A variation of DeBeers’ marketing moniker “diamonds are forever” might well apply to the diamond exploration sector: for many investors, it seems that “diamond exploration is forever,” given the time …
Uranium exploration shows renewed signs of life
While uranium exploration isn’t what it was during its glory years a few decades ago, a high-grade discovery made by Cameco (CCO-T) at the La Rocque Lake claims in northern Saskatchewan has spurred se…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Copper Ridge hits gold-bearing structure
Junior Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) has discovered a new mineralized structure in the course of its 13-hole drill program at the Scheelite Dome gold property in the Yukon.Highlights are as follow…
ALASKA & THE YUKON — Copper Ridge hot on Scheelite Dome — Drilling aimed at proving up gold target in Yukon
Increasingly, Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) is of the opinion that its Scheelite Dome property represents one of the better mineralized plutonic-related gold targets in north-central Yukon. The co…