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Kimber sees Carmen look-alike at Carotare

Vancouver — The coming year promises to be a busy one for Kimber Resources (KBR-T, KBX-X), which plans to advance its Carmen gold-silver deposit to feasibility while exploring two…


Partners test Moore Lake (January 09, 2006)

The last batch of holes from a summer drilling campaign on the Moore Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan contains more encouraging results for partners International Uranium (IUC-T…


Falco ponies up from Koniambo

Partners Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) and Socit Minire du Sud Pacifique (SMSP) have succesfully weathered a court challenge to their control over the Koniamb…



Past, better days. From left: Normand Dupras, Falconbridge's exploration manager in the Bathurst base metal camp; Keith Ashfield, New Brunswick's minister of Natural Resources; and Slam Exploration president Mike Taylor together at an airport in New Brunswick in 2003 after all three parties had reached a 5-year agreement to use MegaTEM surveys to explore for new deposits that might extend the life of Falconbridge's 41-year-old Brunswick base metal operation in the Bathurst camp. Falconbridge recently walked away from the Bathurst joint venture after Slam did not produce the necessary funds for this year's exploration program.

Falconbridge slams door on Slam JV

Unable to come up with the funds to finance this year’s exploration on the Bathurst joint venture in New Brunswick, Slam Exploration (SXL-V, SLMXF-O) was finally given its walking p…


Editorial: Goodale should stay on

It’s been said that Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin is not unlike a bean bag chair, taking the shape of whoever last sat on him….


It’s never easy to say goodbye

The Northern Miner is part of a close-knit group of people who also produce the Canadian Mining Journal and the Canadian and American Mines Handbook….


McEwen adds Minera Andes to roster

Vancouver — Minera Andes (MAI-V, MNEAF-O) is the latest junior explorer to fall into the sights of Robert McEwen, who is investing $10 million in the company….



Esperanza hits more gold at Cerro Jumil

The first few holes of a second-phase drill program by Esperanza Silver (EPZ-V, ESPZF-O) have intersected mineralization at the Southeast zone, one of two bulk-tonnage gold targets…


Chinese to fund Petaquilla development

Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) and Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O) would be bought out of their interests in the Petaquilla copper project in central Panama und…


EuroZinc adopts poison pill

Vancouver — EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T, EZM-X) has tabled a shareholder’s rights plan to thwart a potential hostile takeover offer for the base metals producer….


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