Monument Bay drilling turns up more gold
Drilling by Thunder Bay-based Wolfden Resources (WOLF-C) continues to intersect gold mineralization in the known A and B Zone structures at the Monument Bay deposit in northeastern Manitoba.The progra…
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Expatriate tables plans for Wolverine-Kudz Ze Kayah
With the deal to buy certain interests in southeastern Yukon from Cominco (CLT-F) set to close May 5, junior Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) is preparing to launch an aggressive work program. All the int…
BC’s greens break ranks
We don’t often cheer green activists, but a recent development in British Columbia has prompted us to send our best wishes to Paul George, David Suzuki, Colleen McCrory, Adrienne Carr and a few other …
St. Elias to drill Zona Verde
Channel sampling on the Cueva Blanca gold property in Peru is allowing St. Elias Minerals (SLI-V) to enhance a promising new gold zone.Situated in the northern portion of the property, the Zona Verde …
Arena Gold picks up property
Val d’Or, Que.-based Arena Gold Resources (ARN-M) has signed a preliminary agreement with Italian-based Mining Italiana to acquire a 90% interest the Dompem gold and diamond prospect in Ghana’s Tarkwa…
TSE Shorts (March 27, 2000)
Short positions outstanding at March 15, 2000Larger individual positions include: Abaddon Resources 102,500 down 192,500; Abitibi-Consolidated 1,304,617 up 63,264; Anderson Explorat…
Summo hits extension of Centennial copper deposit
A 15-hole exploration program targeting the southern end of the Centennial copper oxide deposit in southeastern Utah has uncovered a new mineralized zone for Denver-based Summo Minerals (SMA-T).Coveri…
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Aur spurned again
Aur Resources’ (AUR-T) 2-week-old bid to acquire a 76.5% interest in the Quebrada Blanca open-pit copper mine in Chile came to an abrupt end as one of the mine’s remaining shareholders, Chilean-based …
Juniors shift to PGMs
With gold prices still hovering around US$300 per oz., exploration companies are increasingly seeking other commodities, including platinum group metals (PGM), according to a report published by Halif…
Tombstone Park article fear-mongering
I was bemused to read the opinion by Vivian Danielson entitled “Yukon miners cry ‘foul’ over Tombstone park process” (T.N.M., March 6/00). Perhaps a better title would have been “Crusading Toronto pub…
Band-Ore in Canadian diamond hunt
Toronto-based junior Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) has launched airborne geophysical surveys at two of its diamond exploration properties in eastern Canada.At the 25-sq.-km GQ diamond property in Musquas…