Exall, Glimmer make amends
Partners Exall Resources (EXL-T) and Glimmer Resources (GME-V) are resolving a 3-year-old dispute over the Glimmer gold mine in northern Ontario.The two have signed a heads-of-agreement, details of wh…
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Anatolia to drill four prospects in Turkey
Denver — Anatolia Minerals Development (YMC.U-V) is preparing to launch four drilling programs in Turkey.Among these will be a US$350,000 program with partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N) at two copper-gold por…
Western Mining eyes Olympic Dam expansion
Denver — Western Mining (WMC-N) is evaluating options to expand copper production at its giant Olympic Dam mine in South Australia.The board of directors has given the green light to engineering work…
Gold vanishes into thin air
Denver — A shipment of unrefined gold from the West African nation of Benin was recently reported missing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, according to an Associated Press report.The gold, …
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The 12% Superfund
In his book Earth in the Balance, Al Gore takes credit for his role in establishing the Superfund program, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). During the election campaign,…
Ntotoroso resource grows
Drilling by partners Moydow Mines International (MOY-T) and Normandy Mining (NDY-T) at their Ntotoroso gold property in western Ghana has expanded the resource beyond 2 million oz.Resources now stand …
RJK, Lenora set to drill Stares
Geophysical surveys, surface prospecting and trenching have outlined a target area for drilling at the Stares zinc-copper property, west of Thunder Bay, Ont.Partners RJK Explorations (RJX.A-V) and Gre…
Zambian Copper belt rebounds
Once a copious producer of copper, Zambia has fallen on hard times of late. In 1999, the country’s output totalled just 260,000 tonnes — a far cry from the historic annual peaks of 700,000 tonnes bet…
Canadian Zinc tackles Prairie Creek
Under the direction of new management, Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) is stepping up its attempts to advance the Prairie Creek project, in the Northwest Territories.The junior company (formerly known as San An…
VMS find spurs activity near Merritt
Vancouver — The discovery of volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization along the busy Coquihalla Highway near Merritt, B.C., has sparked a staking rush in the province’s Okanagan region.”It …
Juniors keep busy as gold slips below US$270
Gold stepped back into the spotlight during the Nov. 1-7 report period, as the Bank of England auctioned another 804,000 oz. (25 tonnes) at an allotment price of US$264.30 per oz.While the amount offe…