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Gateway goes deep at Big Springs
Wild Horse, Nev. — With gold prices heading higher and showing no signs of stopping anytime soon, Nevada is enjoying a third wave of gold exploration across the northern reaches of the state.
N. Star active at Malartic
Following a property deal with
Abacus expands Afton project
Vancouver — Halfway through a second phase of drilling at the Afton project in south-central British Columbia,
Patricia, Richmont update Island Gold resource
Vancouver — An independent resource estimate at
Ashton, Soquem prove up Renard cluster at Foxtrot property
Camp Lagopede, Foxtrot, Que. — It has long been speculated that those diamonds that have surfaced randomly and unexpectantly in the last couple of centuries across portions of the U.S., at the southern margins of glaciation, must have had their s…
Athabasca Basin attracts uranium explorers
Vancouver — The Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan and Alberta is luring more and more junior companies eager to explore the potential for new uranium discoveries.
Golds sag despite rising bullion
U.S. stock markets finished little-changed over the report period Nov. 17-23 despite a selloff on Nov. 19 following comments by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on how the U.S. current account deficit might depress the value of the greenbac…
TSX hits high as golds ease
Toronto stocks added another 7.59 points over the Nov. 17-23 report period to end at a 4-year high of 8,995.19. The gold index yo-yoed its way 3.68 points lower to 225.5 even as the yellow metal tacked on US$4.70 to finish at US$448.15 per oz. in…
Juniors follow gold, other commodities higher
The junior mining sector remained upbeat during the report period Nov. 9-16 as the gold price approached and closed near the US$450-per-oz. mark. Toronto Venture Exchange-listed companies were likewise looking up. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange Inde…