Aurora bullish over Midrim results
Vancouver — Drill results from the Midrim nickel-sulphide property in Quebec continue to indicate encouraging grades for junior Aurora Platinum (ARP-V).The project is 20 km northeast of Ville-Marie, …
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Rio Narcea keeps production steady
Lower head grades at its flagship El Valle open-pit mine in northwestern Spain have taken a bit of the edge off the production numbers of Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T).During 2000, Rio Narcea produced…
CDNX suspends Birch again
The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) has once again suspended “prairie-gold” explorer Birch Mountain Resources (BMD-V), following a technical audit of its exploration program.The exchange ended Birch’…
PNWC raises grade at River Valley
Vancouver — Early results from an ongoing 11,000-metre drill program by Pacific North West Capital (PFN-V) have boosted the economical prospects of the River Valley platinum- palladium project in Ont…
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 …
Birch audit finds ‘little precious metal’
A technical audit by outside consultants has concluded that exploration for “Prairie-style” gold mineralization in northeastern Alberta, currently being pursued by Birch Mountain Resources (BMD-V), ha…
Rio Algom aligns exploration strategy with Billiton
London-listed Billiton has merged the exploration activities of wholly owned subsidiary Rio Algom with its own geographically diverse exploration and development division.Projects in the Americas will…
Finnish precious metal projects lure explorers
Given the interest in exploration for platinum group metals (PGMs) in northern Ontario and its long history of gold production, it is surprising that more explorers are not targeting projects in Finla…
Desert-dirts back at it
Science moves but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point. What Tennyson didn’t add was that pseudo-science just keeps going in circles. Thus several companies, all quoted on the over-the-coun…
SouthernEra fast-tracks Messina
To take advantage of robust metal prices, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is accelerating development at its Messina platinum group metals project in South Africa.Starting in August, Messina will begin …
Precious metals producers sputter as prices sag
Gold prices fell back into the low US$260s in London during the Feb. 28-March 6 report period following a mid-February rally that saw prices shoot up from US$256 to US$268 per oz.There was a dearth of…
SW Gold, Cons Jaba look to Argentina
Junior Consolidated Jaba (JBA-V) has acquired the mineral exploration rights to explore for platinum group metals (PGMs) on 1,918 sq. km in the Argentine province of Chubut.Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) i…