Metall testing Akie massive sulphides
Exploration on the Akie and Pie claims in northeastern British Columbia is returning encouraging results for partners Metall Mining (TSE) and Ecstall Mining (VSE). Metall is earning a 60% interest in …
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Eastern Stone receives OMIP grant
A wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern Stone Products (ASE), Belmont Rose Granite, will receive a maximum grant of $66,150 under the Ontario Mineral Incentive Program (OMIP). The subsidiary has also rec…
State support for Exall project
The government of the Mexican state of Sinaloa has agreed to provide the required infrastructure to support the Santo Tomas copper-gold-silver project of Exall Resources (TSE). The company estimates t…
Discoveries at Golden Bear
Two new zones of gold mineralization have been discovered on the Golden Bear property in northwestern British Columbia. This marks the third find announced by North American Metals (VSE) and Wheaton R…
Steelworkers eye Colomac workers
The United Steelworkers of America have filed an application with the Canada Labour Board to represent 200 workers at the Colomac gold mine of Royal Oak Mines (TSE) in the Northwest Territories. Colom…
River Gold reports encouraging results
Early results from drilling at the Eagle River gold property confirms that the No. 8 zone consists of a series of closely spaced, high-grade, plunging lenses and that No. 6 is a continuous, high-grade…
Development under way at Nixon Fork
Exploration and development are in full swing at Consolidated Nevada Goldfields’ (TSE) Nixon Fork project in west-central Alaska. The company has completed about 1,800 ft. of advances on two declines …
Pickard speaking at CIM luncheon
The president of Falconbridge will be the guest speaker at the Sept. 22 luncheon of the Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Frank Pickard will speak on “the n…
Abandoned mines focus of hunt
Researchers at the University of Nevada in Reno are collaborating with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to help track down the state’s abandoned mines. “No one has ever attempted to identify every a…
Miramar backs Northern Orion
Related companies Miramar Mining (TSE) and Northern Orion Explorations (VSE) plan to reorganize their Argentine holdings. Northern Orion will acquire the issued capital in Grupo Minera Aconcagua S.A. …
British Columbia awards grants
Forty-six companies in British Columbia will receive grants totaling $2.2 million from the province’s Mineral Exploration Incentive Program (MEIP). Applications for 201 projects were received during t…
Nuinsco makes rights offering
A rights offering has been made to Nuinsco Resources (TSE) shareholders residing in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. Deak International Resources Holdings, which holds 8.4 million Nuinsc…