With copper mineralization outcropping on surface and a spectacular gossan visible by air, it is easy to see how Kennecott geologists discovered the High Lake deposits with relative ease back in 1955….
The state of Alaska filed a US$29-billion lawsuit this summer against the U.S. government to compensate for revenue it claims it has lost by Washington’s closing of mineral-rich federal land. The fede…
Small-scale production on an alluvial gold deposit on the Yaqui River in Sonora, Mexico, is under way, Exall Resources (TSE) reports. The company has stockpiled 45,000 cu. metres of mineralized gravel…
VSE-listed Randstrom Manufacturing has added to its Mexican holdings by agreeing to acquire El Sultan, a gold project in Zacatecas state. An agreement, subject to regulatory approval, allows the compa…
Toronto-listed NovaGold Resources has bought four properties on the Baie Verte Peninsula in north-central Newfoundland. The properties are near the company’s Pine Cove deposit, which has a minable res…
When you think of diamond mining, South Africa comes immediately to mind, followed closely, perhaps, by a trio of other major southern Africa producer nations: Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Further no…
Things may be quiet now, but, come autumn, the diamond play near Kirkland Lake, Ont., is expected to gain momentum. By then, the major players will have finished evaluating results from early spring a…
Within the space of less than a week, Utah-based Gold Standard (NASDAQ) has gone from rags to riches to rags. The penury-wealth-penury fast track began Sept. 3 when a jury in Utah ruled defendant Gett…
Beach sand could soon become a “hot item” in this sleepy little fishing village on Quebec’s North Shore. Tiomin Resources (ME) is collecting a 100-tonne sample of heavy mineral concentrate from its Na…
About 70 participants, mainly geologists, prospectors and university students, recently attended a 1-day workshop on kimberlite exploration, at the Haileybury School of Mines in Haileybury, Ont. Title…
Although the occurrence of diamonds in glacial drift in southern Ontario is well documented, few people are aware that kimberlite dykes have been recognized in two localities just north of Lake Ontari…
A second hard look is being given to the Hackett River mineral belt about 200 km east of Metall Mining’s (TSE) Izok Lake project in the Northwest Territories. Inactive until recently, the belt has bee…
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