Juniors target ‘Sullivan’ projects
The search for the next Sullivan mine in British Columbia’s Purcell Basin has been frustrating and fruitless for most juniors, but three companies headed by Richard Hughes intend to give it another sh…
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Junior busy in Nevada
Having ended a two-and-a-half-year venture arrangement Kennecott Exploration, junior Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) is raising $300,000 to continue exploring for gold in Nevada.The non-brokered private p…
Tenke Mining fires up second rig at Vicuna
Vancouver — Junior Tenke Mining (TNK-T) has added a second drill rig to its 23-hole program on the Vicuna gold project, in northwestern Argentina.The reverse-circulation work is testing five targets:…
Starfield expands resource at Ferguson Lake
Vancouver — Following two years of exploration, Starfield Resources (SRU-V) has more than doubled the known resource at the Ferguson Lake project, near Rankin Inlet in southern Nunavut.The deposit ha…
Tres-Or adds diamond play
Vancouver-based Tres-Or Resources (TRS-V) has joined the Ontario diamond hunt.The junior recently acquired 783 claim units south of Temagami and east of Marten River, at the southern end of the Lake T…
Rio Algom aligns exploration strategy with Billiton
London-listed Billiton has merged the exploration activities of wholly owned subsidiary Rio Algom with its own geographically diverse exploration and development division.Projects in the Americas will…
Higher prices strengthen SPC
Denver — Higher copper prices and cost-cutting measures contributed to improved earnings for Southern Peru Copper (PCU-N) in the fourth quarter.The company posted net earnings of US$30.6 million (or …
Hudbay captures Bill Dennis Award
An exploration team from Hudson Bay Exploration & Development, has captured the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC’s) 2001 Bill Dennis prospector of the year Award.The team, cons…
Namco sinking into deep red sea
Cash-strapped Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) has placed its South African and Namibian subsidiaries into provisional liquidation, putting a halt to its marine diamond production.Courts in both countries ha…
CDNX slides into bear territory
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange saw losses on all indices except oil and gas during the report period ended Feb. 27. The Canadian Venture Exchange dropped 48.04, or 1.5%, to finish the week at 3…
Gold’s rise jolts miners to life
Denver — The Dow Jones industrial average fell 94 points, or 0.9%, for the report period ended Feb. 27 to close at 10,636.88, while the Nasdaq plunged 4.8% to 2,207.82, its lowest point in two years….
Stillwater lands financing
Denver — Stillwater Mining (SWC-X) has arranged a US$250-million credit facility, underwritten by TD Securities and Toronto Dominion. Other participants include N.M. Rothschild & Sons and Westdeutsch…