1999

Avalon Ventures (AVL-V) has updated a prefeasibility study of its wholly owned Big Whopper petalite (lithium silicate) deposit, north of Kenora, Ont.The company now expects that market demand for its …

Montreal-based GeoNova Explorations (GNE-M) has acquired the Gander gold property, northwest of Lebel-sur-Quvillion, Que.The property is contiguous with GeoNova’s Discovery project, which hosts a kno…

Having sunk an additional eight holes, Cancor Mines (KCR-M) is calculating a preliminary resource for its Gemini volcanogenic massive sulphide property in northwestern Quebec.Work to date has defined …

Partners Dumont Nickel (DNI-M) and North Atlantic Nickel have doubled the size of their Albany property, near Hearst, Ont.The pair added to the 72-sq.-km land package owned by North Atlantic by stakin…

Low gold prices have taken their toll on Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T), though the company is showing no signs of slowing down.Losses in the third quarter totalled $758,000 (2 cents per share) on reve…

The Dow Jones industrial average posted a modest gain of 63.3 points to 10,995.63 during the pre-holiday report period ended Nov. 23.Spot gold on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange…

Madison Enterprises (MNP-T) has increased to 90% its interest in the Mt. Kare gold-silver project in Papua New Guinea. The remaining stake is held by local landowners.Mt. Kare hosts 20.4 million tonne…