Junior exchange edges up
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange posted modest gains over the week ended Dec. 10. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index tacked on 6.05 points, or 0.63% of its value, and closed at 966.24.P…
Yukon Zinc Corporation
Donner bucks trend as junior market slides
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange remained in a bear mood during the report period ended Nov. 26. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index lost 2.2 points, or 0.23%, and closed at 942.59.In wh…
Emerald interest heats up
Vancouver — In the autumn of 1998, field geologist Bill Wengzynowski sparked a flurry of exploration activity by discovering an occurrence of emeralds on Expatriate Resources’ (EXR-V) Goal Net base m…
Expat joins Amarc at Fox River (December 10, 2001)
Vancouver — Having just acquired the Fox River nickel-copper-platinum-palladium property from sister company Rockwell Ventures (RCW-V), Hunter-Dickinson-led Amarc Resources (AHR-V) is dealing a 12% i…
Writedowns take toll on Teck
Vancouver — The diversity in Teck Cominco’s (TEK-T) mining portfolio failed to offset the effect of plunging metal prices as the newly formed major posted a third-quarter loss of $105 million (or 62…
Teck Cominco braces for recession (October 15, 2001)
Vancouver — Plunging base metal prices have prompted Teck Cominco (TEK-T) to reduce the carrying value of non-operating properties by $154 million and take other non-cash charges of $15 million.The m…
Expatriate drops Kudz Ze Kayah
Vancouver — A 2-year effort to advance the Finlayson base metal project in the Yukon has come to a halt, with operator Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) failing to make the $1-million payment needed to se…
Expatriate receives extension
Vancouver — Cominco (CLT-T) has granted Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) a payment extension for its purchase of the Kudz Ze Kayah deposit in the Finlayson Lake District in the Yukon.According to the ame…
Expatriate seeks extension
A US$5-million financing with Resource Capital Fund II has collapsed, leaving Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) unable to complete a $1-million payment to Cominco (CLT-T) that was due May 24.Expatriate has…
Positive study tabled for Finlayson
The Finlayson zinc project in southeastern Yukon is technically and economically viable, according to a prefeasibility study which assumes that the sulphide concentrates are marketable without any sec…
Atna to review Finlayson
Atna Resources (ATN-T) has commissioned Kilborn Engineering Pacific to perform an independent, third-party review of the Finlayson project in southeastern Yukon.The review follows a recent agreement b…
Expatriate tables plans for Wolverine-Kudz Ze Kayah
With the deal to buy certain interests in southeastern Yukon from Cominco (CLT-F) set to close May 5, junior Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) is preparing to launch an aggressive work program. All the int…