Sona finding its gear in southern BC
A mistake at the lab turned out to be good news for Sona Resources (SYS-V).
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Alcoa – Mohammad Zaidi retired as chief technology officer; Ray Kilmer appointed chief technology officer; Dina Shapiro appointed director of marketing communications and branding.
Kaminak starts $15M Yukon drill program
After one of the most successful initial drill programs in the Yukon last year, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) is back with plans to drill up to 45,000 metres in 2011 on its 100%-owned Coffee gold project in the White Gold district.
On the diamond trail
At home and away, Canadian-listed diamond explorers are on the hunt. Here’s a look at what some of these juniors are doing to find the next generation of diamond (and…
Randy Turner: Reflections of a diamond industry pioneer
Energy companies have recruited geological talent from the University of Calgary for decades, so it’s no surprise that Randy Turner joined the sector after earning his B.Sc. degree in 1971….
Trevali hits thick mineralization at Halfmile (April 29, 2011)
Vancouver – Trevali Mining (TV-T) has hit the thickest mineralized intercept yet at its polymetallic Halfmile project in New Brunswick.
Creso signs $43-million JV with Hunter Dickinson
After completing more than 10,300 metres of drilling in the past year at its Shining Tree gold project in northeastern Ontario, Montreal-based Creso Exploration (CXT-V) has signed a binding letter agreement for a joint venture with the…
Auriga hits near-surface gold at Maverick project (April 29, 2011)
Vancouver – Shallow drilling has returned several high-grade intercepts for Auriga Gold (AIA-V) at its northwestern Manitoba-based Maverick gold project.
Rockcliff intersects more copper, zinc, at Lon deposit
Rockcliff Resources’ (RCR-V) 100%-owned Lon deposit, part of the company’s 660 sq. km Snow Lake project in Manitoba’s Flin Flon Greenstone Belt, remains open in all directions and recent drill results underscore its potential.
Restructured Crowflight looks to fresh start at Bucko Lake
Vancouver – With an entirely new management team, a few hundred million more shares outstanding, a new head-office city, and a different mining strategy all instituted in recent months, Crowflight Minerals (CML-T) looks to be the same company…
Brigus gets the grades from new zone at Black Fox
Brigus Gold (BRD-T, BRD-X) has confirmed a new gold zone with some impressive assays from its Black Fox complex near Timmins. The company says exploration drilling has returned even better grades and wider intercepts than the last batch of…
Golden Predator extends mineralization at Brewery Creek
Vancouver – Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) successful winter drill program has hit a number of encouraging intercepts and expanded known mineralization eastward at its Brewery Creek project in the Yukon.