Valerie explores property
Valerie Gold Resources (VLG-V) continues to explore its Santa Barbara property in eastern Ecuador while awaiting drill results from a 2,500-metre drill program.The 100-sq.-km property is 425 km south …
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Tenke seeks funds for Argentine work
Lundin-led Tenke Mining (TNK-T) has arranged a brokered private placement with Pacific International Securities to sell up to 850,000 shares priced at 90 cents each.The $765,000 in proceeds will be us…
EXPLORATION ’99 – McKenzie Bay, Cambior explore Lac Dor deposit
Cambior (CBJ-T) has teamed up with London, Ont.-based junior McKenzie Bay International (MKBY-O, APPROVAL PENDING) to develop the latter’s Lac Dor vanadium-titanium deposit, 25 km southeast of Chibou…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Cantex eyes Queen of Sheba’s gold
Geologist Charles Fipke has traversed some of the most inaccessible parts of the globe in his search for mineral deposits, with his biggest success being the discovery of economic diamond deposits in …
EXPLORATION ’99 – Juniors continue hunt for Ontario PGEs
Exploration for platinum group elements (PGE) in the outback of northern Ontario is in full swing.At its East Bull Lake project, southwest of Sudbury, Mustang Minerals (MMIN-C) is following up on indu…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Berland eyes Saganash belt
in OntarioVancouver-based Berland Resources (BNL-V) and Falconbridge (FL-T) have teamed up to explore the Saganash greenstone belt, south of Kapuskasing, Ont.The joint-venture program, to be operated …
EXPLORATION ’99 – Corriente drills Mejicana Ridge — Forms joint venture with Lowell Mineral in Ecuador
Drilling by Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) is under way at two gold-copper projects in Argentina and at a highly touted copper play in Ecuador.At the Famatina gold project in Argentina, Corriente is dril…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — Vancouver markets slump while Alberta heats up
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index dropped 6.22 points, finishing the week ended Nov. 23 at 386.77. The mining index also lost ground, shedding 2.48 points at 261.38. The combined value of t…
The Master Plan. . . and Wildlands
No man is an island, but if some rabid environmentalists have their way, we could soon be crammed together in human enclaves while half of the North American continent is preserved or restored to wild…
THE NORTHERN MINER– Small Producers Index
63.76 (-0.49)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — EASTERN MARKETS — Gold price nudges up towards $300 mark
Gold flickered back to life during the report period ended Nov. 23, with spot prices climbing US$2.40 over the week to US$297.85 per oz. on the Nov. 24 London morning fix. Gold was trading above US$29…
SPOT PRICES Wed. November 24, 1999
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$297.85+$2.40Silver$ 5.170.00…