Viceroy reviewing ground in Argentine provinces
TSE-listed Viceroy Resource has sent its exploration team to Argentina to review prospective gold properties in five provinces covering more than 220,000 hectares. The move is in keeping with the comp…
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Zinc industry facing period of uncertainty
Not unlike the past 18 months, the next 10 years will be a period of significant change and uncertainty for the zinc industry, says Brook Hunt & Associates of England. The research firm, in its study …
New ownership at Geonics
A previous owner of Geonics Ltd. has re-acquired the firm. Duncan McNeill, along with a senior management team at Geonics, bought shares of the company from Swedish Geological AB, which is operated by…
ODDS’N’SODS — The serendipity deposit (1)
This is the story of the discovery of what was once — under odd circumstances — considered an important ore deposit. Some might say the spooks were at play; other, more religious folk might surmise …
Pickard speaking at CIM luncheon
The president of Falconbridge will be the guest speaker at the Sept. 22 luncheon of the Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Frank Pickard will speak on “the n…
Abandoned mines focus of hunt
Researchers at the University of Nevada in Reno are collaborating with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to help track down the state’s abandoned mines. “No one has ever attempted to identify every a…
Louvicourt mine on track, first concentrates shipped
With the first shipment of copper concentrates having been delivered last month, the Louvicourt copper-zinc-gold operation appears to be safely on track. The deposit, near Val d’Or, Que., is being dev…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Yamba Lake diamond exploration results
The Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories was back in the spotlight as results were released of a mini bulk sample from the Yamba Lake joint venture of Tanqueray Resources (ASE) and Mill Cit…
Greenstone bullish on La Libertad
During the past two years, Greenstone Resources (TSE) has been negotiating to secure a position in a producing gold mine within a prospective mineral district of Nicaragua. These negotiations came to …
Rayrock explores areas with affiliates
A subsidiary of Rayrock Yellowknife Mines (TSE) has signed an agreement concerning a joint venture on part of the Gold Bar claim block, owned by Atlas (NYSE). Rayrock can earn a 60% undivided interest…
Eastern Stone receives OMIP grant
A wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern Stone Products (ASE), Belmont Rose Granite, will receive a maximum grant of $66,150 under the Ontario Mineral Incentive Program (OMIP). The subsidiary has also rec…
State support for Exall project
The government of the Mexican state of Sinaloa has agreed to provide the required infrastructure to support the Santo Tomas copper-gold-silver project of Exall Resources (TSE). The company estimates t…