Polymet begins drilling
Junior Polymet Mining (POM-V) has begun drilling on it NorthMet polymetallic project in northern Minnesota.The company intends drill 80-100 holes in a program that is expected to last one year (43,000…
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Red Dog area find targeted for more drilling
Winter weather has brought drilling to a halt on a new high-grade zinc discovery of Cominco (CLT-T), 6 miles north of the company’s Red Dog mine in northwestern Alaska.Among the better results from re…
Gold price traps Ashanti in hedge deal — Possibility of US$450-m loss hits gold producer’s shares
Shares in Ghanaian gold producer Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) plunged following an announcement that the company was facing large paper losses in its gold hedging program.Ashanti, which was among those …
Madsen resurrection near
Slowly but surely, Claude Resources (CRJ-T) is waking the historic Madsen gold mine from its 2-decade-long slumber.Situated just east of here, Madsen was one of the more successful mines to arise from…
Doublestar gains Falco assets
Junior Doublestar Resources (DSR-V) will acquire all 13 mineral property interests of Falconbridge (FL-T) in British Columbia.In return, Doublestar is required to pay $500,000 over 20 months and issue…
Venturex to drill near Sudbury
Partners Consolidated Venturex Holdings (CVA-V) and Pacific North West Capital (PFN-A) will drill-test twocopper-nickel-plantinum-palladium properties near Sudbury, Ont.Mapping on the Davis-Kelly prop…
GUEST COLUMN — Solutions for land planning in BC
.BBruce McKnightLast week’s article dealt with British Columbia’s flawed land-planning process, which, despite the province’s world-class mineral endowment, skilled mineral employees and impressive in…
Cameco cuts high grade at Dawn Lake
Drilling by Canadian giant Cameco (CCO-T) has intersected high-grade uranium mineralization at a group of claims near La Rocque Lake in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan.The claims, 55 km n…
EDITORIAL — Through one lens darkly — Cold War legacy
To those on the far left of the political spectrum, Chile’s General Augusto Pinochet should be locked up for life and the key thrown away for the human rights violations he allegedly committed during …
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Copper Ridge drills Scheelite Dome
After raising $1.3 million in a public financing, Copper Ridge Exploration (KRX-V) has started drilling its Scheelite Dome gold property in the Mayo district of central Yukon.The 1,600-metre, 15-hole …