Seabridge nabs Red Mountain
Vancouver — Continuing with a corporate philosophy of acquiring advanced gold projects, Seabridge Resources (SEA-V…
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Gold Fields’ earnings nearly triple (February 04, 2002)
With a weakened South African rand and a month’s production from the recently acquired St Ives and Agnew mines in W…
LionOre cuts new zone at Waterloo
LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) has cut a new zone of nickel sulphide mineralization on the Waterloo prospect,…
Expatriate exits Fox River (February 04, 2002)
Vancouver — The Hunter Dickinson group (HD) will end up with a 15.7% stake in cash-strapped Expatriate Resources (…
Forestry permits delay work at Dairi
Vancouver — International Annax Ventures (IAX-V) reports that delays in the issuance of Forestry operating permits…
Dare to look up
The opening month of 2002 provided a few signs that the mineral exploration business may at last be turning a corner.This year’s Cordilleran Roundup in Vancouver was the most successful in years, with…
TSE reinvents itself as international bourse
In a surprise twist, the Toronto Stock Exchange took the spotlight over the Jan. 23-29 report period by announcing it was trimming its benchmark index by as many as 100 companies, based on share price…
NovaGold doubles Donlin Creek resource
Vancouver — NovaGold Resource (NRI-T) has expanded the resource estimate for its Donlin Creek deposit in Alaska.The measured and indicated resource has increased 92% to 4.4 million contained ounces, …
Nevada Pacific explores South Carlin
Vancouver — Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) and partner Placer Dome (PDG-T) have begun a first-phase, US$670,000 program aimed at exploring the South Carlin project in Nevada. The project is in the Carli…
Higher spending in Quebec
Total exploration and appraisal spending in Quebec in 2001 increased by 15% to reach $119 million in 2001 (this includes $73.7 million in off-minesite spending and $45.2 million in minesite spending),…
Northern Miner Indices (February 04, 2002)
NORTH AMERICAN MINING INDEXCompanyTickerWeight (%)Barrick GoldABX-T25.5CamecoCO-T4.1FalconbridgeFL-T5.3Franco-Nevada MiningFN-T7.0Freeport McMoRan Cop’r BFCX-N5.7IncoN-T9.2Newmont Mining…
South Africa represented at PDAC
South Africa will have a national pavilion at the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, slated for March 10-13 in Toronto.The pavilion represents 12 mining companies…