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Vancouver — A $9-million funding agreement sets the stage for Teck Cominco (TEK-T) to earn up to a 65% interest in the Jayjay copper-gold property from Lysander Minerals

Less than a month after acquiring the Mayville nickel/copper/platinum-group-element property, near Winnipeg, Man., Mustang Minerals (MUM-V) has reported encouraging drill results….

Vancouver — The filing of a shelf prospectus by Teck Cominco (TEK-T) is fuelling speculation that the company is adding to its cash-rich coffers in order to acquire additional proj…

Vancouver — Drilling by Firesteel Resources (FTR-V) has extended copper and gold mineralization on the Copper Creek property in northwestern British Columbia….

A new resource figure suggests the Croinor gold deposit in Quebec’s Pershing Twp. is smaller and richer in grade than than previously thought….

Vancouver — Drilling by Cypress Development (CYP-V) will test 12 polymetallic targets on the Poly property near Stewart in northwestern British Columbia….

Rising prices for crude oil pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index over 10,000 during the report period June 14-20. The composite finished just shy of that mark, at 9,998.11, up 158.17 poin…

Strong metal prices continued to buoy the junior mining market, giving the S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index a 3.2% boost on the week, closing up 53.14 points at 1728.99 for the period June…

Vancouver — Tournigan Gold (TVC-V) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of uranium mining claims in Wyoming….

Infill underground drilling at New Gold‘s (NGD-T) Afton copper-gold project, 10 km west of Kamloops, B.C., has uncovered mineralization that correlates well with the resource block…

Vancouver — Bralorne Gold Mines (BPM-V) is exploring several vein systems at the past-producing Pioneer-Bralorne gold mine property in the Bridge River district of southern British…