Newmont targets RDN for grassroots work
Newmont Exploration of Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining (NEM-N), is exploring the RDN property in northwestern British Columbia for gold-silver mineralization.The major can earn an …
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Expatriate finances projects in Finlayson Lake district
Having found a way to remove the selenium contaminant that plagues the Wolverine polymetallic deposit in the southeastern Yukon, Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) now faces the more pressing task of arrang…
Pioneer tests uranium prospects
Junior Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) has begun a summer exploration program at its Riou Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan.The company holds 19 claims covering 54.7 sq. km on the northern rim of t…
Spot Prices Wed. July 12, 2000Courtesy of Scotiabank
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$282.85-$4.85Silver$ 4.95-$0.04…
IPMI honours Heraeus
German metals fabricator Jrgen Heraeus has won a distinguished achievement award from the International Precious Metals Institute for his work in platinum group metals.His company, W.C. Heraeus (name…
EVENTS (July 17, 2000)
July 24-27 Blasting Analysis Int’l — “2000 High-Tech Blasting Seminar.” Delta Orlando Resort Hotel, Orlando, Fla. Tel: (610) 530-7415. Fax: (610) 395-5552. E-mail: blastinganalysi…
CDNX sings summertime blues
Canada’s junior exchange lost ground over the report period ended July 11, with all indices lingering in negative territory. The Canadian Venture Exchange index dropped 99.38 points, or 2.8%, and clos…
Black Swan trenches Fazenda Marques
Black Swan Resources (BSW-T) has renewed its search for alluvial diamonds along the Paranaiba River in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state.At the Fazenda Marques property, the first of seven trenches is being…
MEETINGS (July 17, 2000)
July 19 Coral Gold — annual, general; 11 a.m., Ste. 400, 455 Granville, St., Vancouver.July 19 Mano River — annual, general; 10 a.m., 1055 Dunsmuir St., Vancouver.July 19 Telkwa Gold –…
CDNX suspends Birch Mtn
Yet another ghost-gold exploration project hit the regulatory wall on June 28, when the Canadian Venture Exchange suspended trading in shares of Birch Mountain Resources (BMD-V), a company that has bu…
Big blast brings more prosperity to Flin Flon
A recent “big blast,” marking the development of one the largest mining projects in Canada, has ushered in a new era for a camp that got its start 85 years ago.In 1915, Tom Creighton (1874-1949) and f…
Red Lake hosts Morrisseau exhibit
The Red Lake Museum in northwestern Ontario is hosting an exhibit of the works of Norval Morrisseau, a self-taught artist of Ojibwa ancenstry.The exhibit, called “Norval Morrisseau: The Red Lake Years…