Venture board stays the course
Continued strong precious and base metal prices kept the junior-explorer-dominated TSX Venture Exchange on track over the Dec. 13-19 trading session, notching the index up a nominal 2.35 points to clo…
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Buoyant bullion drives strong junior market
The heavily junior-weighted S&P-TSX Venture Exchange continued its upward march over the Dec. 6-12 report period, propelled by an almost 25-year high in the price of gold at US$540 per oz, while s…
McEwen bets on more Nevada explorers
Vancouver Robert McEwen has picked up shares and joined the boards of two more junior companies exploring for gol…
Placer Dome to drill Nevada Pacific’s BMX property
Vancouver A unit of Placer Dome (PDG-T) has filed permits to construct 11 drill-sites on the Long Peak portion of…
Nevada Pacific puts Magistral on hold
Vancouver — The Magistral mine in Mexico’s Sinaloa state added another short chapter to its problem-plagued production history in late July when operator
Nevada Pacific tests base-metal discovery at Keystone
Vancouver — While Placer Dome (PDG-T) explores for gold at the Keystone project, Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) will …
Nevada Pacific tests Bat Ridge
Vancouver – A first-phase exploration program by Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) has outlined widespread, skarn-related…
Junior explorers scour Mexico’s Sierra Madre
Vancouver — Canadian-based junior explorers are heading to northwestern Mexico’s prolific Sierra Madre mineralized belt in search of silver, gold and base metals. Recent strength in the price of silv…
Production shortfalls, exploration success for Queenstake
Elko, Nev. — During the year and a half following
Nevada Pacific’s Magistral in full swing
Nevada mine sites, past and present, attract bulk of exploration
Vancouver — Exploration spending in the U.S. has been in sharp decline for most of the past decade, falling 66% to below US$150 million in 2002 from 1997 levels, with a 77% drop in new claims over the same period. Weak metal prices and relentless…
Speculation runs high on Battle Mountain-Cortez trend
Elko, Nev. — The search for gold along the Battle Mountain-Cortez trend in north-central Nevada has been re-energized by the Cortez Hills discovery, a 7.5-million-oz. oxide deposit that is still being drilled off by partners