Growing traffic in Pickle Lake camp
With gold finding comfort above the US$400-per-oz. level, it was just a matter of time before exploration dollars found their way back to the Pickle Lake gold camp of northwestern Ontario.
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EXPLORATION – Juniors to drill Headway project
Companies exploring in Ontario’s Red Lake region have their eyes trained for high-grade gold deposits similar to those being mined and developed at the Red Lake and Campbell mines. Among the hopefuls …
MINING IN CANADA — Norcal and Gold Giant assess results at Norgiant — Partners encouraged by high-grade float at Aurville project
Operator Norcal Resources (NLR-V) and equal joint-venture partner Gold Giant Minerals (GNR-V) have completed their first phase of exploration drilling at the Norgiant project, situated 150 km northeas…
Norcal and Gold Giant identify targets
Partners Norcal Resources (NLR-V) and Gold Giant Minerals (GNR-V) have identified 15 geophysically derived drill targets at theirNorgiant project in northwestern Quebec.Operator Norcal says that 11 of…
Teck accelerates exploration in northeastern Mexico
Here in the southeastern state of Oaxaca, Teck (TEK-T) is carrying out early-stage exploration on the Lachatao gold property, with trenching and drilling endeavoring to outline what the company hopes …
STOCK MARKETS — Juniors take a beating as VSE composite drops for second straight week — Winspear recovers ground following kimberlite intersection in Northwest Territories
Junior mining stocks were battered over the report period ended April 15.The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index closed down 55.59 points, or 5.06%, to 1,043.44, whereas the resource index fell 1…
Syndicate, Archon cancel agreement
The Slave Diamond Syndicate has terminated its agreement with Archon Minerals (VSE).Archon held the right, up until the end of 1995, to select potential kimberlite targets on claims owned by the Syndi…
DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Storimin drilling for diamonds near Yellowknife, N.W.T.
Drilling is set to begin on diamond claims belonging to Storimin Exploration (ASE) in the Northwest Territories.Initial plans call for testing certain promising anomalies for the occurrence of kimberl…
STOCK MARKETS — Voisey Bay, diamonds fail to spark western markets
Western markets took a breather from the rash of speculation concerning the Voisey Bay area of Labrador and diamonds in the Northwest Territories during the report period ended May 9.The Vancouver Sto…