Franconia Minerals Corporation


Franconia updates Birch Lake resource

VANCOUVER– Franconia Minerals (FRA-T, FRALF-O) has doubled its resource estimate for the Main zone at its Birch Lake copper-nickel- platinum group metals deposit, about 11 km northeast of Babbitt, in…





James Whyte

Duluth Complex projects build up resources

The extensive drilling programs in the Duluth Complex of northeastern Minnesota are now paying off, with two of the major players in the camp outlining significant new resources on their properties.



PLATINUM GROUP METALSPlatinum Group Metals staff log drill core at theWestern Bushveld Joint Venture with Anglo Platinum.

Platinum’s future looks bright

Vancouver — If silver’s moniker is the poor man’s gold, platinum’s buoyant price performance must certainly place it in the running as a much richer man’s precious metal. However, despite the lofty p…


Economics favourable at Birch Lake

The large Birch Lake nickel-copper deposit in northeastern Minnesota could be economically developed as a bulk underground mine, a preliminary economic analysis says….



Franconia acquires Red Knoll target

Vancouver — Spokane-based Franconia Minerals (FRA-V) has inked a deal with Teck Cominco (TEK-T) to acquire the Red Knoll property, which covers an area of favour…