Prominent Hill’s centre proves barren
Only months after reporting a copper-gold intercept that rivaled the Olympic Dam discovery holes a quarter-century ago, Minotaur Resources has received mixed results from follow-up drilling on the Pro…
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Editorial: Cleaning house
In the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum’s new CIMVal Standards and Guidelines for Valuation of Mineral Properties we are seeing the results of an industry that did a lot of self-…
News – 08-APR-02
Suit against Tiomin dismissed
A lawsuit lodged in Kenya against the local subsidiary of Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) has been dismissed.The suit, which sought to prevent development of the Kwale titanium-sands project on the Indian Oc…
Mining matters in Nunavut
The weather reports say that it’s minus 42 in Cambridge Bay, but that won’t keep Patricia Dillon and Patricia Meyer from teaching mining to students in chilly, far-northern Nunavut.Both women are par…
SouthernEra, partners test ATW Mackay Lake
A drilling program at the ATW Mackay Lake diamond property, south of Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories, is testing three geophysical targets. The effort is designed to locate the source of a pr…
NAME CHANGES (April 08, 2002)
Blue Ice Minerals (BLE-V) has changed its name to Monroe Minerals (MMX-V) on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis.
Vueltas reserves halved
Reserves at the Vueltas del Rio mine in Honduras have been more than halved, following an independent review.Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) reports that the amount of minable material in the proven and…
Gold Funds (April 08, 2002)
April 1, 2002March 28 2002Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$20.99$5.88Price…
OGS uncovers prospective anomalies
A lake sediment survey in the English River-Graham-Wawang Lake area, northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont., has identified areas with elevated concentrations of platinum, palladium and rare earth elements.Th…
Crystallex advances La Victoria (April 08, 2002)
Vancouver — Diamond drilling by Crystallex International (KRY-T) has intersected a high-grade gold shoot at the La Victoria deposit in Venezuela.The drilling was designed to upgrade the reserves and …
Black Swan, Canadian Zinc execs tap treasuries
Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission include the following:- Black Swan Resources (BSW-T) — Stephen Fabian, director, sold 268,884 shares privately and in…