Drilling planned for Knife
A planned 5-hole drilling campaign on the newly discovered Knife kimberlite pipe, 80 km south of Coronation Bay in Nunavut, is aimed at delineating the size and internal structure of the body, while p…
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Namco inks Leviev deal
With shareholder and regulator approvals, Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) has issued 37.7 million treasury shares to the Leviev Group of Israel to net US$15 million in proceeds.The deal brings to US$27 mill…
Sigma Mines goes deeper
Before the end of the year, Sigma Mines expects to extend its main operating shaft to a depth of 3,000 ft.Although still relatively shallow in comparison with other Canadian mines, the shaft will be t…
Majescor plans program for Wemindji
Field programs budgeted at $500,000 will explore promising kimberlite targets on the land holdings of Majescor Resources (MAJ-M). The properties are east of James Bay in northern Quebec.The Quebec Cit…
Shear cuts narrow dyke
Drilling by Shear Minerals (SRM-V) on the Aylmer Lake West property in the Northwest Territories has culminated in the intersection of a narrow kimberlite dyke.Three lake-based targets identified from…
Black Hawk retires debt
A 15% increase in gold production, coupled with a 24% reduction in cash operating costs, helped Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) stay in the black during the first quarter of 2001.The company’s El Limon mine…
Low-cost gold mines: the new survivors
As the gold price rallies, only to sink again, the measure of a good gold project is less and less its production and more and more its operating margin. The need to make money in a small way is winni…
Southwestern Gold active in Argentina, Peru
Denver — Faced with the impending South American winter, partners Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) and Consolidated Jaba (JBA-V) are hurrying to complete soil sampling on the Tecka layered mafic intrusion i…
Copper Ridge gains prospect
Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) has struck a deal with Big Blackfoot Resources (BLF-V) to earn up to a 70% interest in a zinc-lead massive sulphide prospect in the Yukon Territory.Copper Ridge can e…
Trillion options Karasberg
Vancouver-based Consolidated Trillion Resources (TLQ-T) has secured rights to earn up to a 100% interest in the Karasberg project from a unit of BHP (BHP-N).Karasberg consists of five exclusive prospe…
Partners discover third PGM layer at River Valley
Drilling appears to have intersected a third mineralized horizon at the River Valley platinum group metals property in the Sudbury region of Ontario.Toronto-based Mustang Minerals (YMU-V) and its Sout…
McVicar, BHP option Pigeon River (May 28, 2001)
Partners McVicar Minerals (MVR-V) and BHP (BHP-N) have optioned Falconbridge’s (FL-T) Pigeon River copper/nickel/platinum-group-element project, near Thunder Bay, Ont.The property includes 4…