King property yields micros
Vancouver — Randy Turner-led Diamondex (DSP-V) has tabled positive microdiamond results from its King property, adjacent to De Beers’ Snap Lake diamond deposit.The King property consists of 44 minera…
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Canabrava joins Majescor in Quebec (December 17, 2001)
Canabrava Diamond (CNB-V) has agreed to earn a half-interest in the Mistassini project in the Otish Mountain region of Quebec.In return, the junior is required to spend $1.3 million on exploration ove…
Great Quest finds gold at Kenieba
A reconnaissance survey on the Kenieba concession in Mali, West Africa, by Great Quest Metals (GQ-V) has returned up to 10.5 grams gold per tonne.The survey focused on two targets, the Zambaye 1 and 2…
Appalaches, Marum encouraged by B20 results
Appalaches Resources (APP-V) and Marum Resources (MMU-V) are encouraged by sample results from outcrops taken in the Port-Cartier region, west of Sept-les, Que.The sampling was concentrated 2 km east…
Deere, Hitachi form marketing JV
In a move designed to boost sales and trim costs, Deere & Co. and Hitachi Construction Machinery will integrate their marketing operations in North, Central and South America.Under the plan, marketing…
Received truth
Staff at The Northern Miner were downcast in November 2000, when we found out the trade press division of Southam, of which we were a part, had been cut out of the sale of Hollinger assets to televiso…
NAME CHANGES (December 17, 2001)
Silverarrow Explorations (SVI-V) has changed its name to Aladdin Resources (ADN-V) on a 1-new-for-8-old-share basis.Quattro Resources (QRO-V) has changed its name to Aldershot Resou…
TVX halts Stratoni operations
TVX Gold (TVX-T) has declared force majeure at its wholly owned Stratoni silver-lead-zinc operation in Greece after a local mining inspector delivered a suspension order.As a result, the company has a…
Wheaton, Kinross close sale
Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has completed the sale of its George Lake project in Nunavut to Kinross Gold (K-T).Wheaton received 4 million Kinross shares in return for its 100% interest in the proje…
Base metals tumble, gold stagnant
As expected, base metals fell sharply during the period Dec. 3-7. Moreover, after breaking through key technical levels and closing poorly at the end of the week, further declines look probable in the…
Paul Coad
Paul Coad, a geologist known for his contributions to the Porcupine base metals mine near Timmins, Ont., has died. He was 51.In 1974, Coad graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a bache…
BC gov’t misinformed
The government of British Columbia’s proposal to eliminate the vital functions of the British Columbia Geological Survey Branch or to farm these out, greatly reduced, to independent contractors was ad…