Curator revises Boleo estimate
A new preliminary resource estimate for International Curator Resources’ (IC-T) Boleo property in Baja California Sur, Mexico, shows a slight decrease in copper values but almost a 12% jump in cobalt….
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Catalina begins drilling at Pilar
A 1,700-Metre program of reverse-Circulation drilling has begun on Santa Catalina Mining’s (SLM-V) 2,372-ha Pilar project in northwestern Mexico.Situated in Sonora state, the project comprises four go…
BASE METALS — Search continues for more Labrador nickel — Teck, Falco join thinning field of juniors
Although the rumble of helicopters and diamond drills will once again be heard over Voisey’s Bay, Labrador, the ranks of junior companies exploring in the region are thinning.Only a handful of compani…
STOCK MARKETS — Western investors cool to foreign-oriented juniors — Reward and Taseko among few that manage to buck downward trend
Western markets lost ground again over the report period ended June 17. The Vancouver Stock Exchange dropped 42.73 points to 918.59, whereas Alberta was off 62.58 points at 2,388.22.Gold Canyon Resour…
BASE METALS — Exploration proves up VMS potential of Finlayson Lake camp — Juniors flock to southeastern Yukon
The potential of the Finlayson Lake area in the southeastern Yukon to host volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits was first demonstrated by two discoveries: the ABM deposit, outlined in 1994 by Cominc…
Stepout drilling starts at Diablillos
In the northwestern Argentine province of Salta, a 10,000-Metre stepout drill program has begun on the Diablillos gold-silver property of Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-V).The work, which is being supervised…
EDITORIAL AND OPINION — `Why are you ruining the environment, daddy?’ — Mining Matters
A few years ago, at the Northwest Mining Association conference in Spokane, Wash., a session was held on how to convince the public of the importance of the mining industry’s improved environmental pe…
Taseko drills Prosperity
Junior Taseko Mines (TKO-V) is pleased with results received from a program of large core diamond drilling on the Prosperity project near Williams Lake in central British Columbia.The results compare …
Southwestern Gold starts drilling in central Chile
A first phase of diamond drilling is in full swing on the Anamar-Princesa gold property in north-Central Chile.Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) reports that small-scale mining in the past produced ore gradin…
Manhattan pulls high grade in Mexico
Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) has received further encouraging results from its diamond drill program on the Candamena gold-silver property in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.A total of 10,313 me…
BASE METALS — Fairfield options Yukon properties
A staking program by Fairfield Minerals (FFD-T) has resulted in the acquisition of two properties comprising 130 claims in the Wolf Lake and Teslin areas of the southern Yukon.The land package is with…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Criteria for `Man of the Year’ questioned
I have been an avid reader of your newspaper for approximately 14 years and it is my opinion that The Northern Miner is an open, unbiased chronicler of the junior exploration and mining scene. Whether…