Fronteer extends Michelin at depth (October 21, 2005)
New drilling at the Michelin uranium deposit in central Labrador is confirming 1970s-era results at shallow depths …
2005
Dundee grabs Boliden’s Breakwater stake (October 21, 2005)
Dundee Corp. (DBC.SV.A-T) has acquired another 18 million shares in zinc miner Breakwater Resources (BWR-T). Th…
Full Metal blazing in Alaska
Sand Point, Alaska – Full Metal Minerals’ (FMM-V, FLMTF-O) strategy of focusing on a pro-mining, stable region with…
Equinox feasibility positive (October 20, 2005)
A revised feasibility study on the Lumwana copper project in northwestern Zambia shows a 20-million-tonne-per-year …
Virginia’s Eleonore — still open and getting bigger
With the release of another batch of assay results from ongoing drilling, Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) continues to …
Iamgold grows Quimsacocha
The latest batch of thirteen drill holes by Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-X) has extended to the southeast the Quimsacocha go…
Franconia sees favourable economics at Birch Lake
The large Birch Lake nickel-copper deposit in northeastern Minnesota could be economically developed as a bulk unde…
NAP takes a swing at APP
North American Palladium (PDL-T, PAL-N) has agreed to spend the next two-and-a-half years examining the feasibility…
Commentary – Philippines mining: Open for business, or so they say
Manila, Philippines — Just a year ago, no one would have imagined the Philippines as the site for this year’s Asia…
Orezone cuts long intersection at Bondigui (October 19, 2005)
Drilling by Orezone Resources (OZN-T, OZN-X) at the Bondigui property in Burkina Faso has intersected gold minerali…
Royal buys in on Taparko (October 18, 2005)
Denver-based mining house Royal Gold (RGL-T; RGLD-Q) will provide a US$35-million project-finance advance to High R…
Century cuts gold at Lamaque
A drilling campaign to assess targets on the Lamaque property in Val d’Or, Que., has indicated gold mineralization …