Northwestern, North Atlantic pick up Niger ground
Two Toronto-based juniors have signed deals with the government of Niger for exploration permits in that country’s …
Legend Gold Corp
Diadem looks beyond diamonds
The market can be hard on a junior exploration company with an eye on two commodities.”When you’re a large comp…
Juniors lead rebounding miners
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index reversed its slide to end the May 3-9 report period 6.53 points better at 184.2. The advance came as the yellow metal dropped US$2.40 per oz. to end at US$425.5…
Busy Indaba showcases African mining industry
Cape Town, South Africa — The 10th annual Indaba 2005 was a hive of activity with representatives from major and junior companies, government, media and service supply companies exchanging informatio…
Insider Trading (November 22, 2004)
The following insider trading transactions were recently reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in the OSC Bulletin:…
Results buoy North Atlantic Nickel (May 17, 2004)
An expanded program may be in the works at
Results buoy North Atlantic Nickel (May 04, 2004)
An expanded program may be in the works at North Atlantic Nickel’s (NAC-T) Kantela project in western Mali. Results…
North Atlantic drills in western Mali
North Atlantic Nickel (NAC-T) is drill-testing the limits of three gold prospects at the Kantela gold project in western Mali.The program will entail 4,340 metres in 60 reverse-circulation holes. None…
Exploration heats up again in Mali
Gold prices are back up and explorers are back to work, and it need be no surprise that southwestern Mali, with three gold producers pouring plenty of low-cost ounces, has returned to favour among jun…
Junior exchange continues bearish trend (March 10, 2003)
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange followed the major bourses lower over the week ended March 4, despite some strong interest in buying select explorers. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite inde…
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…
Baraga anomaly a dud
Two scout holes drilled at the Baraga magnetic anomaly near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, have come up dry for North Atlantic Nickel (YNN-V).The company was testing the anomaly as a possible reflection o…