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OBITUARY — Francoise Drolet

Francoise Drolet, co-founder of the Order of Sancta Barbara, has died.Drolet and husband Jean-Paul, a mining engineer and former assistant deputy minister of mines and resources, founded the award in …


Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomes 1999 inductees

Nine men with accomplishments as diverse as discovering gold in the Klondike to examining trace elements in plant life will be inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame during its annual awards d…



Nan boosts Storliden resource

North Atlantic Natural Resources (NAN), a Swedish public company trading on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, has released an independent resource estimate for the Storliden copper-zinc deposit near the t…



Eden Roc’s final gold pour

The curtain is about to fall on Eden Roc Minerals’ (EDN-T) operatorship of the Afema heap-leach gold mine in the West African nation of Ivory Coast.The final gold pour of 656 oz. took place in mid-Aug…


EXPLORATION — Nucanolan takes aim in B.C.

Nucanolan Resources (NCRL-C) has launched a drill program at the Lara polymetallic property on Vancouver Island, B.C.The junior is earning a half-interest in the project from Laramide Resources (LAM-T…



EXPLORATION — Samira drilling exceeds expectations

Stepout drilling at the advanced Samira gold project in Niger has extended the Main zone another 50 metres along strike.Etruscan Resources (EET-T), which owns a 90% interest in the project, says each …


EXPLORATION – The Buchans Deal

Altius Minerals — Billiton can earn up to a 70% interest in 127 claims by spending $1.3 million and making a cash payment of $200,000Buchans River — Billiton can earn up to a 70% interest in 819 cla…


EXPLORATION – WPG finds high-grade copper

A trenching program by Western Pacific Gold (WPI-A) has resulted in a high-grade copper discovery at the Hambusimaloso project in the Solomon Islands.Ten continuous channel samples, which were excavat…


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