Pioneers inducted into Hall of Fame
The latest six inductees into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame have accomplished feats as varied as founding one of the world’s foremost mining engineering firms, developing the iron ore deposits of n…
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INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Cumberland viewed as having ‘rock-solid fundamentals’
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the globe: Junior explorer Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) has been making a name for itself as one of the better Canadian exploration companies, owin…
AMT hits high grade at Copper Creek
Deep drilling at the Copper Creek project in southern Arizona has returned significant grades for AMT International Mining (AAI-T) at the Mammoth-Keel zone.The company has completed 12 holes, totallin…
Placer gains Solomon’s gold interests in Africa
Partners Channel Resources (CHU-T) and Solomon Resources (SRB-V) have entered into separate agreements that will allow Placer Dome (PDG-T) to earn up to a 65% interest in the Bombore and Naoube…
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EXPLORATION ’99 – Milpo drills at Cerro Lindo
Peruvian base metal producer Minera Milpo is close to having a reserve estimate at its Cerro Lindo zinc-copper-silver project in southeastern Peru.Recent drill results from the property, 175 km southe…
Icelandic Gold buys silver mine
Icelandic Gold (ICEG-C) will acquire the dormant Zgounder silver mine, in the Anti-Atlas Mountains of southern Morocco.The junior has signed a letter-of-intent with a mining arm of the Moroccan govern…
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EXPLORATION ’99 – Anooraq active in Bushveld Complex
Hunter-Dickinson-led Anooraq Resources (ARQ-V) stands to earn up to a 100% interest in a platinum exploration property in the Bushveld region of South Africa.The junior can earn an initial 70% interes…
Minefinders arranges financing for Dolores
Minefinders (MFL-T) has secured commitments for a non-brokered private placement of 1.8 million units priced at 90 cents per unit. Proceeds are expected to total $1.6 million.Each unit will consist of…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Cerro Dorado drilling in Chile
Cerro Dorado (CDCH-O) is preparing to drill the Cenizas gold property in northern Chile, having recently acquired the property from Fremont Gold (FGLD-O).The junior will drill up to 20 reverse-circula…
EXPLORATION ’99 – RARE METAL EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Uganda Gold explores for tantalum
Vancouver-based Uganda Gold Mining (UGM-A) has signed a preliminary option agreement with Ugandan-based Shinda to explore and develop the Nyanga tantalite deposit in western Uganda.The high-grade depo…