Bear Creek scores Anglo’s Peruvian data
Vancouver – Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V) has inked a deal with AngloGold Ashanti (AU-N) that will give the junior a ju…
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Union rejects Northgate offer, Kemess shutting down
Vancouver – Northgate Minerals (NGX-T) has commenced a temporary shutdown of operations at its Kemess copper-gold m…
Tyhee increases Yellowknife resources (February 21, 2005)
Vancouver — Gold resources from two more zones on Tyhee Development’s (TDC-V) wholly-owned Yellowknife gold projec…
Acadian’s resources surpass 1-million-oz. mark
A successful year of drilling and data compilation at four gold prospects in central Nova Scotia has allowed Halifa…
First Nickel drills Dundonald South (February 21, 2005)
Ongoing drilling on the Dundonald nickel property, near Timmins, Ont., continues to return encouraging results for…
Imperial Metals increases Mount Polley reserves
Vancouver – An extensive 2004 drilling campaign has led to Imperial Metals (III-T) boosting the reserve and resourc…
Africa and strawberry jam
I spent the summer of 1936 in Africa with Prof. Haultain, who taught mining engineering at the University of Toronto. It took 21 days to sail from New York City to Cape Town on a steamer….
TSX thrives as golds rebound
The Toronto Stock Exchange continued 177.35 points higher to 9,570.03 during the Feb. 9-15 report period. Much of the increase is due to the miners, with the gold index rebounding to the tune of 11.2…
Stronger gold rallies junior explorers
The recovery in gold prices triggered a trading surge in TSX-Venture board exploration companies. The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index closed at 1892.93 at the end of the Feb. 9-15 period, its high…
PEOPLE (February 21, 2005)
BHP Billiton’s profits soar
The report period ended Feb. 15 was punctuated by the world’s biggest mining company’s banking the world’s biggest mining profit. For the second half of 2004,
Douglas Ruttan
Doug Ruttan got to know Canada’s bush country in the most basic of ways: for 40 years he hiked and snow-shoed through it, camped in it, flew over it in bush planes, canoed, and boated across its many…