Infill drilling by Fortune Minerals (FT-T) on the Nico polymetallic deposit, 160 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T., has intersected high gold grades.Fortune, which has a 35-hole program under way to…
First-quarter earnings at Iamgold (IMG-T) rose year-over-year in 2003, partly as a result of higher gold prices and partly because production from the Tarkwa and Damang mines in Ghana is now part of I…
Having completed a $4-million equity financing at the first of the year, which saw Goldcorp (G-T) acquire a 10% stake in the company, American Bonanza Gold Mining (BZA-V) is in the midst of an undergr…
In the wake BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) decision to buy a minority stake in the Melville Peninsula diamond play in Nunavut, Northern Empire Minerals (NEM-V) and Stornoway Ventures (SWV-V) have agree…
With gold prices on the rise, several gold-bullion investment vehicles are sprouting up in Canada, the U.S. and Australia.In Canada, the managers behind North America’s only publicly traded bullion fu…
The underwriters of a public equity offering have exercised an over-allotment option, netting McWatters Mining (MWA-T) another $639,200 in proceeds.In early April, McWatters issued 136.2 million treas…
Having drilled off a modest resource, Hecla Mining (HL-N) plans to develop a satellite operation at Cerro Pedernalillo, 6 km from its San Sebastian silver mine in Durango state, Mexico.The new develop…
Vancouver — Western Silver (WTC-T), formerly Western Copper, has discovered a new polymetallic zone on its wholly owned Penasquito property in Zacatecas state, Mexico.The zone, known as La Palma, is …
Vancouver — Lower production resulting from a high stripping ratio at the Kemess mine in north-central British Columbia contributed to a first-quarter loss for Northgate Exploration (NGX-T).The compa…
Higher prices for gold, silver and copper helped offset lower production for Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) in the first quarter.The company earned $69,000 (or nil per share), compared with a loss of $3…
Vancouver — In addition to its foray into the Red Lake-Birch Uchi Belt, Fronteer Development Group (FRG-V) has assembled large land positions in the Bear province of the Northwest Territories and the…
Vancouver — In the late 1990s, Placer Dome (PDG-T) and partner Kennecott Minerals tabled a feasibility study that indicated only a marginal return on the Mulatos gold project. Today, newly minted Ala…
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