Gabriel seals Romanian JV deal
Denver-based junior Gabriel Resources (GBU-V) has signed a joint-Venture agreement with the Romanian state-owned mining company Regia Autonoma a Cuprului Deva.The partners are establishing a Romanian …
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Curator revises Boleo estimate
A new preliminary resource estimate for International Curator Resources’ (IC-T) Boleo property in Baja California Sur, Mexico, shows a slight decrease in copper values but almost a 12% jump in cobalt….
Taseko drills Prosperity
Junior Taseko Mines (TKO-V) is pleased with results received from a program of large core diamond drilling on the Prosperity project near Williams Lake in central British Columbia.The results compare …
Southwestern Gold starts drilling in central Chile
A first phase of diamond drilling is in full swing on the Anamar-Princesa gold property in north-Central Chile.Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) reports that small-scale mining in the past produced ore gradin…
Cameco drops Springpole
Management of Gold Canyon Resources (CGU-V) reports that Cameco (CCO-T) has dropped its option to earn an interest in the Springpole Lake gold project, 113 km northeast of Red Lake, Ont.The project wa…
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Normandy Mining and Boliden come knocking on Canada’s door
Toronto’s status as the capital of the global mining industry has been further cemented by news that major firms Normandy Mining of Australia and Boliden (BOL-T) of Sweden setting up shop in the city….
Tenke holds significant potential
Five of seven holes drilled at the Tenke Fungurume copper-Cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of Congo confirm the property’s potential for additional copper-Cobalt mineralization, Tenke Mining …
Catalina begins drilling at Pilar
A 1,700-Metre program of reverse-Circulation drilling has begun on Santa Catalina Mining’s (SLM-V) 2,372-ha Pilar project in northwestern Mexico.Situated in Sonora state, the project comprises four go…
BASE METALS — Search continues for more Labrador nickel — Teck, Falco join thinning field of juniors
Although the rumble of helicopters and diamond drills will once again be heard over Voisey’s Bay, Labrador, the ranks of junior companies exploring in the region are thinning.Only a handful of compani…
BASE METALS — Exploration proves up VMS potential of Finlayson Lake camp — Juniors flock to southeastern Yukon
The potential of the Finlayson Lake area in the southeastern Yukon to host volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits was first demonstrated by two discoveries: the ABM deposit, outlined in 1994 by Cominc…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — The emerald explorer
By the time he came to live in Red Lake, Ont., in April 1945, Peter Rainer had already discovered more emeralds than any other man in the world.As the new consulting engineer for a New York City-based…