Churchill kimberlite camp proves frustrating
Despite disappointing microdiamond results from a second year of drilling on the Churchill joint venture in eastern Nunavut,
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Nevada mine sites, past and present, attract bulk of exploration
Vancouver — Exploration spending in the U.S. has been in sharp decline for most of the past decade, falling 66% to below US$150 million in 2002 from 1997 levels, with a 77% drop in new claims over the same period. Weak metal prices and relentless…
New resource at Beaver Dam
A preliminary resource calculation for
Linear gets wide intervals at Ixhuatan
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Pan American trades Dukat for ducats (November 29, 2004)
Kemess South grows
Vancouver — Buoyant gold and copper prices contributed to stronger earnings for
Shame about the ‘new face’
The official congress of China’s mining industry, “China Mining 2004,” took place in central Beijing in mid-November, hosted by China’s Ministry of Land and Resources, a “super ministry,” formed in 1998, under which all mining in the country opera…
Suppliers Roundup (November 29, 2004)
Big cats at Spence…
Twin’s Atlanta profitable, says study
A final feasibility study on the Atlanta gold project, 60 miles east of Boise, Idaho, indicates the deposit is profitable as an open-pit mine and heap-leach operation.
Tenajon hits high-grade gold at Summit Lake
Vancouver —
Alaska exploration firing on all cylinders
Fairbanks, Alaska — This year’s exploration activity in Alaska will likely exceed that of the last few years combined, as companies continue to be spurred into action by the recent surge in metal prices, especially gold.
Firesteel buoyed by results
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