Starfield sets sights on high-grade zone
Vancouver — Armed with $1.6 million, Starfield Resources (SRU-V) is preparing to explore the newly discovered high-grade zone on the Ferguson Lake copper-nickel-platinum-palladium project in Nunavut….
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DRC tables new Afton resource (January 07, 2002)
Vancouver — Deeper drilling by DRC Resources (DRC-V) has boosted the mineral resource at the past-producing Afton copper-gold mine in British Columbia.The addition of 26 diamond drill holes has incre…
TSE enters new year with a bang
Having lost 14% of its value last year, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index began the slow road to recovery with a gain of 163.11 points, or 2.2%, over the Dec. 21-Jan. 1 report period. The benchmark…
Gren Thomas our Man of the Year in 2001
Perseverance may not always find its reward, but for a mining man and explorationist that knows the North, the development of the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories is a rich reward for …
A critical time for Argentina
Mining, to a greater degree than most heavy industries, relies on demand from the emerging markets. Industrializing economies, historically, have used about twice as much metal per unit of production …
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Quebec, Ontario top Fraser rankings
Quebec and Ontario tied for top spot in a survey that considered the attractiveness of mining regions to investors. The survey, the fifth in as many years, was conducted by The Fraser Institute in Van…
Otish Mountains diamond play heats up
Confirmation that two “kimberlitic” discoveries in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec are diamondiferous has focused attention on the area.Prior to the Christmas holidays, Ashton Minin…
Daily Metal Prices (January 07, 2002)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 1Dec. 31Dec. 28Dec. 27Dec. 26Aluminium…
Exchange Rates (January 07, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateJan. 1Dec. 31Dec. 28Dec. 27Dec. 26US$ in C$Holiday1.59261.59…
US markets up over the holidays
Markets in the U.S. enjoyed a modest boost over the Dec. 21-Jan. 1 report period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 36.32 points to surpass the 10,000-mark and the Standard and Poor’s 500 a…
High Grade zone extends deeper (January 07, 2002)
Deep drilling at the Red Lake mine of Goldcorp (G-T) has extended the producing High Grade zone at depth.Hole 34L-860GW cut 2.4 metres of the HW5 lens at a vertical depth of 2,061 metres, extending it…