Thundermin nabs Duck Pond
Junior Thundermin Resources (THR-T) has reached a deal with Noranda (NOR-T) to acquire the Duck Pond polymetallic property in central Newfoundland.Comprising 11,796 ha and situated 30 km southeast of …
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EXPLORATION 1999 – Corner Bay advances Alamo Dorado in Mexico — Infill drilling planned for potential silver producer
Eighteen months ago, while scouting around Mexico’s Sonora state, Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T) noticed what appeared to be a mineralized ridge on an unexplored property near the town of Alamos. The jun…
EXPLORATION 1999 – SouthernEra readies Yamba Lake for drilling
SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has begun a high-resolution airborne magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical survey over the Yamba Lake property, 45 km north of the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territor…
EXPLORATION 1999 – First kimberlites barren for Contiki
No diamonds have been found in the first three of 10 kimberlites drill-tested by Contiki Resources (TKI-V) on ground held in Botswana.Contiki can earn a 60% interest in prospecting licence 139-93 from…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – QUERY — Two companies named St. Maurice, both gone
I’m searching historical archives about the St-Maurice Mining Company, which exploited concessions in Preissac Twp., Abitibi, Quebec, in 1916-21 and 1943-44. Is there a place where I can find this inf…
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EXPLORATION 1999 – Kirkland Lake camp attracts juniors
Even though production in the Kirkland Lake camp is now limited to the Macassa mine and Lake Shore tailings projects of Kinross Gold (K-T), persistent junior companies and a lively body of independent…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Australia to Zimbabwe, and everything in between — Welcoming the World
The program for this year’s convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada tells one story. East Africa, Far Eastern Russia and the Cordilleran of South America have top billing in t…
EXPLORATION 1999 – Aurizon drills Casa Berardi
Vancouver-based Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has 10 drills active at its wholly owned Casa Berardi project in Quebec’s prolific Abitibi mining district. The program is aimed at boosting mineral resources to …
Rio’s Chilean team to collect prospecting award
There may not be room enough at the podium for this year’s four winners of the Bill Dennis Award for Prospector of the Year. The Rio Algom exploration team of John McClintlock, Michael Thicke, Sigfrie…
EXPLORATION 1999 – Orezone intersects gold at Kerboul
Preliminary drilling by Orezone Resources (ORZ-M) has intersected three near surface, sub-parallel gold zones at its Kerboul property in northern Burkina Faso.A 5,000-metre program of reverse-circula…
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