Teck resumes drilling at White Silver Mountain
A district-wide exploration program completed last year has produced followup targets for Teck (TEK-T) and Minco Mining & Metals (MMM-T) at the White Silver Mountain project in Gansu province, China.T…
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San Miguel yields high zinc values in soils
Soil sampling on the wholly owned San Miguel property in central Mexico’s San Luis Potosi state is returning exceptionally strong base metal values for Playfair Mining (PLY-V).All but one of 25 soil s…
Teck, Cominco to form mining giant
Vancouver — It seemed an odd pairing in 1986 when lean, entrepreneurial Teck (TEK-T) bought its initial stake in top-heavy, debt-ridden Cominco (CLT-T).Not anymore.Having shared management and corpor…
Majors option Tucum target
Majors Teck (TEK-T) and Inco (N-T) will jointly explore the Tucum iron-oxide copper-gold project in north-central Brazil.The pair can earn an initial combined 51% interest in the property from Brasilc…
Golds picking up in quiet market
The report period ended May 1 was a quiet one for the Toronto Stock Exchange, with the TSE 300 composite index up fractionally at 7,946.33 points for a gain of 54.66 points, or 0.7% of value.What was …
Mineral ‘orphanage’ grows in Central America
They’re the orphans of Central America: mineral deposits that were on the verge of development, or in production, when low metal prices forced their owners to abandon them. While the failure of Greens…
Hunter-Dickinson options Ontario property
The Hunter-Dickinson group has entered into an option agreement for a nickel/platinum-group-metal (PGM) prospect near Beardmore, Ont. The 167-claim Eva-Kitto property is held 50-50 by East West Resour…
LionOre, partners find gold near Thunderbox
A group led by Australia’s LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) has discovered a gold prospect 7 km south of the company’s Thunderbox gold deposit in Western Australia’s northeastern goldfields.Named …
‘Quebec Inc.’ backs Niobec purchase
A inflow of cash from Quebec’s biggest institutions has allowed Quebec City-based Mazarin (MAZ-T) to close the $48-million acquisition of Teck’s (TEK-T) half-interest in the Niobec niobium mine in the…
FMR expands Agnico-Eagle, Meridian holdings
The following insider trading transactions were recently reported in the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin:- Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) — FRM Corp., which owns more than 10% of the company…
Teck drops option on Cerro Samenta
Following a 4-hole drilling program on the Cerro Samenta property in northwestern Argentina, Teck (TEK-T) has handed the property back to Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V).Teck tested a newly discovered zone…
Int’l Wayside, Gitennes among BC juniors exploring new finds
Several promising grassroots discoveries, many of them made by prospectors, highlighted the 2000 exploration season in British Columbia and could provide a much-needed boost for exploration in the wes…