Diamond potential near Wawa lures big guns
An unusual diamond occurrence near Wawa in northern Ontario is attracting the attention of De Beers and Kennecott Canada Exploration.A package of unassuming Archean alkaline metavolcanic rocks is yiel…
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Golds up in U.S.
With gold trading once again above US$300 per oz., the U.S.-listed majors turned in a strong performance over the report period ended April 23.Newmont Mining advanced 99 to US$29.24; AngloGold rose $…
Escondida sees short fall
Vancouver — Between March 2001 and March 2002, copper output from Chile’s Escondida mine fell 24%, to 58,602 tonnes. Some 45,841 tonnes of concentrates and 12,761 tonnes of cathodes were produced las…
Newmont drops stake in Lihir for US$84m
In a surprise move, Denver-based Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has sold its 9.7% equity holding in Papua New Guinea miner Lihir Gold (LIHRY-Q) via a block trade to Australian-based Macquarie Equity Capital M…
Producers rise with gold price
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 3.8% to finish the March 27-April 2 report period at 10,313.71 points, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 shed 1.5% to end at 1,136.76 points.Gold shot past US$300 p…
SouthernEra, partners test ATW Mackay Lake
A drilling program at the ATW Mackay Lake diamond property, south of Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories, is testing three geophysical targets. The effort is designed to locate the source of a pr…
US gold producers rise to the occasion
The Dow Jones Industrial Average had an anything-but-average week, shedding 2.7% to finish the March 20-26 period at just over 10,353 points. The Standard & Poor’s 500 was also down an equivalent perc…
Thundelarra sets sights on Western Australia
Exploration in Australia is at its lowest level in two decades, but this belies the country’s geological potential, Robert Champion de Crespigny told delegates attending the annual convention of the P…
Western Copper moves ahead at Penasquito
Vancouver — Western Copper Holdings (WTC-T) is about to launch a 6,800-metre drill program on its Penasquito silver property in Mexico’s Zecatecas state, following tests which indicate potential for …
PDAC 2002 cautiously upbeat
Cautiously upbeat may well describe the mood of delegates attending this year’s convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).John Steele, the association’s president, set th…
Mixed results from metals producers
U.S. markets enjoyed a small boost over the March 13-19 report period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.9 points to finish at just over 10,635 and the Standard & Poor’s 500 adding 4.7 po…
Atna builds on Cerro Negro’s potential
Junior Atna Resources (atn-t) has an option to acquire the large Cerro Negro copper-oxide deposit in northern Chile from a Chilean subsidiary of Phelps Dodge (pd-n).The deal calls for Atna to make esc…