El Nino options Bathurst projects from Falconbridge
Vancouver — El Nino Ventures (ELN-V, ELNOF-O) is blowing into New Brunswick’s Bathurst base metal camp by optioning a large land package from area producer Falconbridge (FAL-T, FAL-N)….
Copper
New Gold hits deeper mineralization at Afton (June 19, 2006)
Vancouver — Underground drilling by New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) on its New Afton copper-gold deposit, just west of Kamloops, B.C., has turned up a new area of mineralization below the current resource sh…
Hunter Dickinson crew gets 14-million Northern Dynasty shares
Vancouver – Following TSX-Venture Exchange approvals, the seven principals of privately-held Hunter Dickinson Group…
Sherwood inks power and port deals as drills turn at Minto
Vancouver – The imminent release of a feasibility study for the Minto copper-gold project has Sherwood Copper (SWC…
Crystellex clings to “valid and binding contract” for Las Cristinas
Vancouver Recent media reports suggesting that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will soon extend his “Bolivarian …
Southwestern inks nickel-copper-PGM joint venture with Inco
Vancouver — With nine years of Chinese exploration experience under its belt, Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O) has agreed to be the initial operator of a newly formed joint venture with Inco (…
Everton, Linear cut massive sulphides in DR (June 12, 2006)
A 10-hole drilling program at the Loma el Mate property in the Dominican Republic has returned several significant intersections of zinc-copper mineralization….
Drilling defines Ming sulphides
A directional drilling program at the Ming massive sulphide deposit in north-central Newfoundland is showing that lower-grade stringer mineralization exists in the footwall of the former producing min…
Editorial: Race to the Finnish (June 12, 2006)
The geopolitical whirlwinds now buffeting North American miners in the Third World are only underscoring the hard truth that oftentimes it’s best for us to stick to First World countries where there i…
Doublestar launches drill program at Catface
Vancouver The Catface porphyry copper project on Vancouver Island was once among a list of promising projects hel…
Tributable resources
Junior explorer Tribute Minerals (TBM-V) has tabled a resource estimate for the Arrow massive sulphide zone at its …
Campbell files proposal to creditors
Campbell Resources (CCH-T, CBLRF-O) has filed a plan of arrangement to get out of creditor protection, and creditor…