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 …
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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…
MINING MARKET & INVESTMENT NEWS – INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Mining analyst puts spotlight on Atna, Northair, Pacific Rim, Valerie
In a report titled Cash, Projects and Expertise: More Opportunities in a Down Market, Tracy Hurley of Wolverton Securities recommends four junior exploration companies on the basis of their promising …
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…
EXPLORATION – Bargains to be found in Western Pacific — Teck, Madison among most active companies in region
The combination of depressed metal prices, devalued currencies and the lingering impact of the Bre-X debacle is turning the Western Pacific region into a storehouse of bargains for mining companies.Th…
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 — Pacific North West targets platinum-palladium in Ontario
Pacific North West Capital (PFN-A) continues to search for platinum and palladium where the Nipissing Diabase, in northern Ontario, outcrops 50 km northeast of here.Since the summer, the Vancouver-bas…
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…
EXPLORATION — Slovakian Gram boosts holdings
An option exercised by Slovakian Gram (GRAM-C) has increased the size of its exploration property in Slovakia by 105 sq. km.Under terms of the deal, the company paid a Slovakian firm, controlled by Sl…