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`Desert dirts’ all the rage in southwestern U.S.

In the mid-1980s, a junior company touting a huge platinum resource told potential investors that the U.S. Bureau of Mines had “verified” the presence of platinum at its property in Arizona.”Not true,…



OPINION/GARRY HAWTHORN — Assaying unravelled

Although I have not examined a questionable gold deposit since the late 1980s, I am concerned that the problem has not gone away.A few weeks ago, I received a review of six so-called desert sand gold …





Cameco reports mixed results

Uranium and gold producer Cameco (cco-t) experienced higher revenues but lower earnings during the first quarter.The Saskatoon-based firm generated $114 million in revenue during the period, compared …


Falconbridge joins Labrador nickel search

Having lost the only “sure-Thing” nickel project in Labrador — Voisey’s Bay — to arch-rival Inco (N-T), Falconbridge (FL-T) has decided to spend a small portion of its $101-Million consolation prize…




Drilling starts at Annic property

Toronto-based Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) and Quebec government-owned Soquem have begun drilling on their jointly held Annic nickel-copper-cobalt project near Manicouagan, 110 km northwest of Sept-Iles, …



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