Drills turn at Yamba Lake
Drilling has begun at Yamba Lake, near Yellowknife, N.W.T., where
Mill City International Inc
SouthernEra sees potential at Sue
Encouraged by the microdiamond results from this past year’s drilling on the Sue kimberlite pipe at the Yamba Lake project in the Northwest Territories, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) will test about a…
Summer work in NWT yields new crop of kimberlites
More than a decade after diamonds were first found in Canada’s Far North, new discoveries of kimberlite continue to be reported in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.An autumn drilling program on t…
Junior exchange sings summertime blues (August 26, 2002)
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued to slide into bear territory over the week ended Aug 20. The TSX Venture Exchange composite index lost 23.55 points, or 2.3% of its value, to close at 1…
SouthernEra recovers gems
The first hole drilled into the Sue kimberlite pipe in the Northwest Territories has yielded 95 diamonds for SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T).Sue is part of the Yamba Lake property, in which SouthernEra …
Canada’s diamond industry reaches 10-year milestone
Diamonds were a respectable exploration target in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s when De Beers and several major companies launched highly secretive programs aimed at finding kimberlites similar to tho…
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…
Companies (May 17, 1999)
Abacus MineralsAber ResourcesAlberta EnergyAmerica Mineral FieldsAnatolia Minerals DevelopmentAnzex ResourcesArgosy MiningAshanti GoldfieldsAshton Mining of CanadaAsia MineralsAthlone Minera…
SouthernEra finds kimberlite at Munn Lake — Drill-testing uncovers narrow kimberlite body
Toronto-based SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) may have found the source of diamond-bearing kimberlite float boulders at the Back Lake project in the Northwest Territories.The company discovered a kimber…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — VSE revives as juniors gain ground
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index closed at 435.48, up 5.63 points, or 1.3%, for the week ended April 20. The mining index climbed 9.77 points, or 3.23%, and closed at 312.51.Meanwhile, the…
COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — SouthernEra explores ground in NWT, eyes Brazilian gems
Diamond drilling by SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is testing the probable source of diamond-bearing boulders found near the shoreline of Munn Lake at the Back Lake project in Canada’s Northwest Territ…