Ashton adds to Otish inventory
Equal partners Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and Quebec government-owned Soquem are at it again adding another th…
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Bright Star targets gold-palladium prospect
Vancouver — Bright Star Ventures (BSV-V) has outlined this year’s exploration targets on its 49-sq.-km Tulameen pl…
Sultan confirms continuity at Kena (April 09, 2002)
Vancouver The latest round of drilling by Sultan Minerals (SUL-V) on the Gold Mountain zone has confirmed that hi…
Trading Summary (April 08, 2002)
The oil & gas sector, up about 1.1% couldn’t counter plus-1% losses by the conglomerates, golds, techs on top of a…
Drilling expands La Fortuna (April 08, 2002)
Drilling on Metallica Resources’ (MR-T) El Morro copper-gold project in Chile, has extended the main La Fortuna dep…
Scorpio tables Candelaria results (April 08, 2002)
Vancouver — Scorpio Mining (SPM-V) has tabled a final compilation of all drill results from surface and undergroun…
Dianor plans precious and base metal spinoff
Laval-based junior Dianor Resources (DOR-V) plan to spin off a new exploration company focussed on precious and bas…
PEOPLE (April 08, 2002)
Asia Pacific — John Bovard appointed CEO.Barker — Christopher Wild appointed exploration manager.Diamonds North — Mark Kolebaba appointed president.Dynatec — Bru…
Hecla gets lease at El Callao Block B
Already active in eastern Venezuela, Hecla Mining (HL-M) has received notice from Venezuelan state enterprise Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) that it has been awarded an 18-sq.-km lease in the…
Northern Crown eyes Abitibi (April 08, 2002)
Vancouver — Northern Crown Mines (CXP-V) has inked a deal with Teck Cominco (TEK-T) to earn an 80% stake in the Amos gold-base metal property in Quebec’s Abitibi greenstone belt.Situated 70 km north …
BHP Billiton gives MAC the nod (April 08, 2002)
BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has approved a US$564-million plan to develop an iron ore mine at its 85%-owned Mining Area C and expand its Port Hedland port-rail facilities. Both sites are in Western Australia…
Aurizon raises $5 million for Casa Berardi work
Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has arranged an offering that will raise $5 million for exploration work at the Casa Berardi gold deposit, 95 km north of La Sarre in northwestern Quebec.The offering, being made…