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Vancouver — Revitalized copper and gold prices have prompted Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T) to reactivate its namesake copper-gold porphyry project in central Panama.

Junior mining stocks held their own over the shortened trading period Dec. 22-24, before the holiday season kicked in. The TSX Venture Exchange index saw an increase of 44.76 points, or 2.5%, to 1781.44 from the beginning of the trading period.

Overburden sampling by Intrepid Minerals (IAU-T) has revealed indicator minerals for sulphide deposits on the Isurtuq property on southeastern Baffin Island.

Vancouver — Diamond drilling has uncovered three types of mineralization on Tyler Resources (TYS-V) 95%-owned Bahuerachi project in Chihuahua state, Mexico.

Vancouver — IMA Exploration (IMR-V) has confirmed silver in trenching at the Loma De La Plata zone, part of the Navidad project in the Patagonia region of Argentina.

The following insider trading transactions were reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in recent editions of the OSC Bulletin:…

Settling Placentia when Toronto was trees, Basque fishermen described it as insulace corte realis, or “harbour within a womb of hills.” The depiction was apt. More than 100 years later, in the early 1600s, France and England fought for control of…

Vancouver — The Lion Kimberlite Dykes project in eastern Sierra Leone is expected to start producing in 2005, following a joint-venture agreement between Australian-listed diamond miner Crown Diamonds and U.K.-based Ma…

Following nearly 7,000 metres worth of drilling in 24 holes, partners Richmont Mines (RIC-T) and Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) have tabled an inferred resource figure for their Valentine Lake property, 55 km…