White Knight drills project
White Knight Resources (WKR-V) will conduct a 15,000-ft., 10-hole drilling program at the Squaw Creek gold project, in the northern part of Nevada’s Carlin trend.The US$300,000-campaign will be funded…
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St. Elias targets Prospecto Lado
An ongoing channel-sampling program on the Cueva Blanca gold property in Peru is allowing St. Elias Minerals (SLI-V) to enhance a promising new gold zone.Situated south of the Zona Verde prospect, whi…
Newmont takes on Black Hawk gold concessions
Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) has dealt an option to Newmont Mining (NEM-T) under which the big gold miner can earn a majority interest in exploration concessions around Black Hawk’s Limon mine in Nicarag…
Houston tests Pakeagama Lake
Check assaying of channel and grab samples from the Pakeagama Lake property in northwestern Ontario is confirming the potential of a rare-metal-bearing pegmatite for Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V).The hi…
Kimberlite discovered on Epworth property
Monopros, the Canadian exploration arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q), has discovered a kimberlite pipe on Rhonda Mining’s (RDM-V) wholly-owned Epworth property, 75 km south of Coronation Gu…
Producer and Dealer Prices (June 19, 2000)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,105/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.65/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.21/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$15.65-17.00/lb.Copper: Comex July US$0.8015/lb.Indium: I…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, June 7-13
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 445495 61.38 27.88 28.06 – 33.32…
Franco-Nevada, Gold Fields merger falls on deaf ears
Stronger showings by the utilities and high-tech sectors and a lessening of inflationary fears south of the border combined to push the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index 226.56 points higher during the…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, June 7-13
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N 15875 61.38 27.88 28.06 – 33.32…
Nickel’s high-tech potential
In a technological age that promises to miniaturize everything from motors to computer chips, nickel is expected to play an increasingly important role. The emerging field of micro-electro-mechanical …
Aquest drilling Anabella
Armed with new geochemical data, junior Aquest Minerals (AQU-V) is ready to drill-test three gold-in-soil anomalies on the Anabella gold property in Guatemala.Covering an area measuring 1 km by 175 me…
Nord Pacific buys Tritton
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Nord Pacific (NPF-T) has purchased the remaining half of the Tritton copper deposit in Australia it did not already own.Its partner, Australian-listed Straits Resources, receiv…