2001

Nuinsco, Inco study mining accord in Thompson camp

Though still subject to due diligence and the resolution of various technical and legal issues, Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) and Inco (n-t) have signed a letter of intent aimed at developing the Pipe Com…


McKenzie Bay proceeds with Lac Dor study

Junior McKenzie Bay International (mkby-o) has commissioned a bankable feasibility study of its Lac Dor vanadium project, 25 km southeast of Chibougamau, Que.A 4-member committee split equally betwee…


Precious metals producers sputter as prices sag

Gold prices fell back into the low US$260s in London during the Feb. 28-March 6 report period following a mid-February rally that saw prices shoot up from US$256 to US$268 per oz.There was a dearth of…


Ashanti, AngloGold boost reserves at Geita

Geita District, Tanzania — Tanzania’s mining renaissance owes much to the pioneering spirit of Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) and AngloGold (AU-N), which set out, in the late 1990s, to broaden their oper…


Golden Goliath outlines drill targets in Mexico

Armed with $4.5 million from an over-subscribed public offering last fall, Golden Goliath Resources (GNG-V) is busy outlining drill targets at three of its five properties in Mexico’s Urachic gold-sil…


New resource at Lac des les

Exploration drilling at the Lac des les mine of North American Palladium (PDL-T) has established a significantly larger resource in the Roby Zone palladium-platinum deposit.The new calculation, compl…



General Minerals in Oz

Denver — Canadian-domiciled and American-based General Minerals (GNM-T) is learning to explore with an Australian accent.The transition isn’t as difficult as it sounds, as one of the company’s new bo…


Rio Algom aligns exploration strategy with Billiton

London-listed Billiton has merged the exploration activities of wholly owned subsidiary Rio Algom with its own geographically diverse exploration and development division.Projects in the Americas will…


Tres-Or adds diamond play

Vancouver-based Tres-Or Resources (TRS-V) has joined the Ontario diamond hunt.The junior recently acquired 783 claim units south of Temagami and east of Marten River, at the southern end of the Lake T…


A drill rig at Starfields' Ferguson Lake project.

Starfield expands resource at Ferguson Lake

Vancouver — Following two years of exploration, Starfield Resources (SRU-V) has more than doubled the known resource at the Ferguson Lake project, near Rankin Inlet in southern Nunavut.The deposit ha…


Tenke Mining fires up second rig at Vicuna

Vancouver — Junior Tenke Mining (TNK-T) has added a second drill rig to its 23-hole program on the Vicuna gold project, in northwestern Argentina.The reverse-circulation work is testing five targets:…


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