Junior sector weakens with falling gold price
Junior mining stocks continued to show no signs of a turnaround as metal prices remained weak during the shortened trading period May 17-20. A strengthening U.S. economy and greenback are largely resp…
Arctic Star Exploration Corp
Kyle surrenders stones
A 48-kg sample of diatreme breccia from the Kyle project in northern Ontario has been found to contain 26 diamonds.
Junior board drifts yet lower
Gold’s slide to a 3-month low precipitated a further drop in the heavily-junior-mining-weighted S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index. The index fell 99.66 points to close at nearly an 8-month low of 15…
Kyle yields small stones
A 48-kg sample of diatreme breccia from the Kyle project in northern Ontario, has surrendered 26 diamonds to partne…
Insider Trading (April 25, 2005)
The Ontario Securities Commission reported the following trading transactions in its OSC Bulletin:…
Diamond fever fuels staking rush in Canada’s Far North
Bema, Cameco, Meridian execs cash in options
The following insider trading transactions were recently reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in the OSC Bulletin:…
People (June 28, 2004)
Exercise program good for gold company execs
The recovery of gold equities allowed various gold company executives to cash in on low-priced stock options in the past month. Insider trading transactions reported in the April 2004 issue of the OSC Bulletin include the following:…
Fipke finds kimberlite in Attawapiskat
While following up on promising overburden kimberlite indicator mineral chemistry with auger-core drilling, Metalex Ventures (MTX-V) and Arctic Star Diamond (ADD-V) encountered kimberlite in the James…
Pele lures De Beers to Wawa (August 11, 2003)
The Canadian exploration arm of De Beers has entered into an option agreement with Toronto-based Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) at the latter’s 100-sq.-km Festival diamond property, 25 km north of Wa…
Junior exchange sings summertime blues (July 21, 2003)
Canada’s junior exchange retreated somewhat during the report period ended July 15 as the price of bullion lost some lustre. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index shed 9.88 points, or 0.88%, to…