McVicar, BHP option Pigeon River (May 28, 2001)
Partners McVicar Minerals (MVR-V) and BHP (BHP-N) have optioned Falconbridge’s (FL-T) Pigeon River copper/nickel/platinum-group-element project, near Thunder Bay, Ont.The property includes 4…
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PGM search intensifies in Ontario
An increasing interest from the majors and an ongoing price rally are adding momentum to the search for platinum and palladium deposits in northern Ontario. At last count, more than a dozen companies …
McVicar, BHP stake ground north of Superior
Partners McVicar Minerals (MVR-V) and BHP (BHP-N) have staked a second platinum group metals (PGM) property on the north shore of Lake Superior.The 174-claim property is named Foxtrap, after the Foxtr…
MINERAL EXPLORATION — CASE STUDIES — McVicar Minerals sets sights on Chinese potential
The notion, expressed by Kipling, that East is East and West is West is being increasingly challenged in today’s global economy. Indeed, the twain appear not only to be meeting but forming business de…
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BHP backs nickel search
First Australia and Indonesia, then New Caledonia, and now China. The list of countries vying to lure North American companies to explore and develop nickel deposits continues to grow, adding to fears…
McVicar eyes Chinese gold
Toronto-based McVicar Minerals (MVR-A) has signed a letter of intent with a Chinese government agency to explore the producing Xiaojin gold property in southwestern China.The small open-pit, heap-leac…
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AFRICA — McVicar explores in Sudan
Toronto-based McVicar Minerals (MVR-A) intends to buy the Shulai gold property in Sudan.The company plans to issue 400,000 shares to the property owner, Dongling Holdings Hong Kong, which, in turn, ha…
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