Full Metal Minerals blazing trail in Alaska
Largest mineral landholder in the state…
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Minto aims to become ‘Yukon’s next mine’
Whitehorse, Yukon — The Minto copper-gold project 240 km northwest of this capital city almost made it to production in the late 1990s, with US$10 million spent before construction was suspended beca…
PEOPLE (November 01, 2005)
Tethyan returns Reko Diq to drawing board
Despite favourable new drill results,
Taking on PBS and the New York Times
The Public Broadcast System’s Frontline special on “The Curse of Inca Gold,” which aired on Oct. 25, 2005, and the accompanying New York Times investigative series, has put the gold mining industry un…
WGC Chairman Lassonde seeking new friends Can’t they all just get along?
The old joke about being a Protestant is that when last week’s sermon isn’t sitting well with you, you know it’s time to go off and start your own church….
Economics favourable at Birch Lake
The large Birch Lake nickel-copper deposit in northeastern Minnesota could be economically developed as a bulk underground mine, a preliminary economic analysis says….
U.S. golds weaken
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Juniors get nickel-and-dimed on Venture board
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TSX’s power slide continues
Rising interest rates and inflation worries sent Toronto stocks into convulsions during the Oct. 18-24 report period. The S&P TSX Composite Index yo-yo’d another 192.65 points lower to 10,360.79….
CNQ to launch new market
The Canadian Trading and Quotation System (CNQ) plans to launch an alternative market sometime in early 2006 to provide investors with another means by which to invest in Toronto Stock Exchange-listed…
Yukon Zinc in planning mode at Wolverine
Whitehorse, Yukon — The old saying that “mines are not found, but made” doesn’t always hold true, and can be wishful thinking in cases where deposits have too many flaws for engineers to overcome. Wh…