Canico proves up Onca-Puma in Brazil
Vancouver — Going from successful gold explorers to a nickel producer may seem like a daunting task, but the management team behind Canico Resources (CNI-V) plans on doing just that by advancing one …
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Mano River returns to Sierra Leone
With Sierra Leone’s 10-year civil war formally declared over, and a United Nations force preserving the peace, Mano River Resources (MNO-V) is relaunching its prospecting program on three diamond expl…
Hunt find raises hopes for gold camp in Manitoba
Vancouver — There’s gold in them thar Churchill-Superior Boundary zone rocks. The discovery, by International Curator Resources’ (IC-T), of the Hunt deposit, 120 km northeast of Thompson, Man., prove…
Almaden keeps focused on greenfields projects
Recently formed Almaden Minerals (AMM-T) has a simple motto: Acquire virgin projects and explore them to the point where another company can be convinced to foot the bill.Almaden was formed earlier th…
South-Malartic boosts resource at Croinor (March 11, 2002)
Junior gold explorer South-Malartic Exploration (MSU-V) has once again raised the resource estimate for its Croinor gold deposit, 60 km east of Val d’Or, Que.South-Malartic’s work at Croinor over the …
Tan Range plans takeover of Tanzam
Vancouver-based Tan Range Exploration (TNX-T), which holds a large portfolio of interests in the Lake Victoria gold camp of northwestern Tanzania, has signed a letter of intent to buy privately owned …
Johnson Matthey buys asset
Johnson Matthey has acquired Avocado Research Chemicals, a manufacturer and supplier of organic compounds used in laboratory research.Based in Heysham, Lancashire, U.K., Avocado is a reputed supplier …
Glamis looks to Francisco for growth
Two years of discussions have culminated in the proposed merger of Glamis Gold (GLG-T) and Francisco Gold (FGX-V), with Glamis President Kevin McArthur predicting that the new entity will rank as the …
Junior targets Guiana shield for PGMs
Junior Guyana Goldfields (YGI-V) has widened the global search for platinum group metals by picking up four properties in the Guiana shield of South America.The junior can earn 100% interests in the B…
FPO Hemlo seen as ripe for consolidation
The much-anticipated consolidation that’s shaking up the gold industry is capturing the attention of investors and mining executives alike. Although most of the attention is focused on activities at t…
Producer and Dealer Prices (March 11, 2002)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,125/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.20/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.60-7.00/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.7405/lb.Indium: Indi…
LEH outlines Geordie
Junior L.E.H. Ventures (LEH-V) has outlined a low-grade polymetallic resource at its Geordie Lake property in the Thunder Bay region of northern Ontario.Indicated resources ring in at 24.4 million ton…