Junior exchange stages mid-summer rally
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange sprinted to yet another new yearly high during the week ended July 29. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index jumped 61.45 points, or 5.4%, and closed at 1,…
Far West Mining Ltd
New wave of explorers seeks Olympic Dam-type deposits
A quarter-century after the Olympic Dam discovery in Australia left geologists struggling to classify the giant oddity they’d found, a new and better-informed wave of exploration for Olympic Dam-style…
Far West readies drills
Far West Mining (FWM-V) is gearing up for a $1.2-million drilling campaign on BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) Great Bear project in the Northwest Territories.Drilling on up to 10 targets will begin in the next…
Drills turn at Lobo polymetallic properties in Mexico
Vancouver-based junior Far West Mining (FWM-V) has begun a program of reverse-circulation drilling at its Lobo 14b polymetallic property in San Luis Potosi state, north-central Mexico.In February 1999…
Far West, Canarc to drill in Mexico
Far West Mining (FWM-A) and a subsidiary of Canarc Resources (CCM-T) will jointly drill the Lobo 10 silver/base metal property in the Zacatecas district of Mexico.The 2,000-metre program will target s…
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EXPLORATION 1999 – Far West teams with Canarc
An agreement between Far West Mining (FWM-A) and a subsidiary of Canarc Resources (CCM-T) sets the stage for the former to earn half-interests in nine properties in Mexico’s Zacatecas and San Luis Pot…
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