Vancouver — The largest drill program planned for Canada in 2003 may have got 9,000 metres bigger, now that Miramar Mining (MAE-T) intends to test the depth potential of the Boston deposit at the Hop…
Vancouver-based GoldOre Resources (GOZ-V) has purchased the La Plata copper property, near Durango, Colo., in exchange for shares and the assumption of US$35,000 of debt.La Plata overlies a porphyry s…
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeightBarrickABX-T21.9%FalconbridgeFL-T4.2%Freeport BFCX.B-N5.0%GoldcorpG-T5.2%IncoN-T7.7%Meridian GoldMNG-T4.7%Newmont MiningNEM-N24.8%Noranda…
The recovery of multi-ounce grades from adits has prompted Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) to launch a drill program at the Boka gold project in China’s Yunnan province.The 2,000-metre program will try…
Construction of the Diavik diamond mine, in the Northwest Territories, is expected to be close to completion by year-end.London-based Rio Tinto (RTP-N) and its Canadian partner, Aber Diamond (ABZ-T), …
Vancouver — A first phase of drilling by Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) at its recently acquired Rivard gold project in northwestern Ontario is investigating mineralization downdip of surface occurrences.S…
Vancouver — Drill results reported by Teck Cominco (TEK-T) and Miranda Mining (MRM-V) confirm that mineralization extends north of the El Limon gold prospect on the Morelos Norte project in Mexico’s …
Vancouver — International Wayside Gold Mines (IWA-V) is adding the Bonanza Ledge and BC vein deposits to its mine plan for the Cariboo project in the Barkerville area of central British Columbia.Bona…
President George W. Bush has signed legislation that creates a new market for domestic silver in government-minted coins.The silver, which will be bought by the U.S. Treasury on the open market, will …
Looking to develop public awareness of earth sciences, a group of 25 geoscientists, including three past directors of the Geological Survey of Canada, has started a project to catalogue and preserve i…
Unable to secure additional funding from its bankers and principal lenders, marine diamond miner Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) has been forced to shut down certain of its South Africa and Namibia subsidia…
Linear Resources (LRR-V) has begun a 700-metre drill program on an intrusion-related, gold-bearing prospect at its 15-claim Powderhorn property on Newfoundland’s East Coast.Linear can earn acquire the…
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