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Producer and Dealer Prices (April 03, 2006)
Southern Rio hits gold at Davidson
Vancouver A first-phase drill program has generated a new gold discovery for Southern Rio Resources (SNZ-V) at it…
Cordillera sparkles with mineral potential
Vancouver — For more than a dozen years, British Columbia has closed more mines than it has opened, and if this trend continues, only one metal mine and a few coal mines could be left operating by 2014. With stronger commodity prices and easier a…
Southern Rio drills 3Ts showings
Vancouver — Southern Rio Resources (SNZ-V) has begun drilling at its 3Ts epithermal gold-silver project, 125 km southwest of Vanderhoof, B.C.The program is targeting the Ted vein, where previous dril…
Atna adopts mostly-gold strategy
Elko, Nev. — After years of trying to develop a string of base metal projects, Atna Resources (ATN-T) has reinvented itself as a gold explorer in Nevada’s Carlin trend.The company had tried to fund e…
IMA adds ground in Patagonia (January 13, 2003)
Vancouver — Results from grassroots exploration have induced IMA Exploration (IMR-V) to acquire more ground in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina.Through staking, the junior added 240 sq. km,…
Juniors keep exploration (barely) alive BC
Vancouver — Despite the implementation of one of the most attractive incentive programs in the country, mineral exploration in Canada’s westernmost province failed to ignite in 2002.In 2001, total fi…
Gold Fever in BC, Part 2
The exploration and development of porphyry deposits during the 1960s and 1970s had a profound effect on the mining community in British Columbia. Between 1965 and 1987, one out of every four deposits…
PEOPLE (June 10, 2002)
AFCAN — David Netherway appointed president and CEO.Glencairn — Dunham Craig appointed president and COO.NovaGold — Walter Segsworth appointed director; Alex Morrison appointed preside…
Southern Rio gains BC foothold (November 26, 2001)
Shifting its focus from South America to precious metal properties in Canada, Southern Rio Resources (SNZ-V) has inked a deal to acquire the Duke copper property, 30 km west of Merritt, B.C.In return,…
Southern Rio tops up treasury
Vancouver-based Southern Rio Resources (SNZ-V), which is in the midst of drilling at its Santo Tomas copper-molybdenum porphyry prospect in northern Chile, has closed a private placement of 2.7 millio…