Geomaque ups Marathon
Drilling and core sampling by Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) has upped the resource estimate at the Marathon palladium project in Ontario’s Hemlo camp.The total measured and indicated resource now stan…
Platinum Group Metals Ltd
Mustang, Implats forge ahead at River Valley
Trenching at the River Valley project in northern Ontario has uncovered more rich platinum-palladium grades for partners Mustang Minerals (YMU-V) and Impala Platinum.Each of two trenches, spaced 950 m…
BacTech uses bioleaching to crank out copper cathodes
Vancouver — BacTech Enviromet (YBA-V) and its partners, Industrias Penoles of Mexico and Mintek of South Africa, have produced the first commercial-sized copper cathodes from copper concentrate usin…
SouthernEra expands PGM portfolio
In South Africa, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has nabbed another 9 km of the Bushveld’s UG2 and Merensky reefs, which, combined, host the world’s largest platinum deposits.SouthernEra currently explo…
Knut Kuhner
Prospector Knut Kuhner, who discovered the platinum group metals (PGM) deposit that later became the Lac Des les palladium mine, has died. He was 73.Born in Hamburg, Germany, Kuhner came to Port Arth…
Anooraq granted renewal on Platreef
Vancouver — Armed with a $3.2-million financing, Hunter Dickinson-led Anooraq Resources (ARQ-V) has been granted a 5-year exploration renewal on its Platreef platinum group metals (PGM) properties in…
PGM to work Stucco
Junior Platinum Group Metals (PTG-V) will begin exploring the Stucco palladium property near Thunder Bay, Ont.The area is one of two palladium plays in the province and is home to the Lac des les min…
Rex drills targets in Mauritania (October 01, 2001)
Rex Diamond Mining’s (RXD-T) drilling campaign at its Karet South permit in north-central Mauritania has turned up more evidence of nickel, gold and platinum-group-metal mineralization.The drilling wa…
SouthernEra completes Messina financing (September 24, 2001)
Messina, a 70.4%-owned subsidiary of SouthernEra Resources, (SUF-T) has satisfied all conditions for a R345-million (US$40-million) loan to construct the Messina platinum-group-metals (PGMs) mine in S…
Lonmin joins Muskox in hunt for PGMs
Muskox Minerals (MSK-V) plans to form a joint venture with British-based platinum producer Lonmin to explore and possibly develop the junior’s platinum-palladium-copper-nickel project in Nunavut.Under…
Taxing times
Canada’s mining industry is under siege again, this time by the federal government, which decided last year that mining and other resource sectors will not be eligible for a reduction in the basic fed…
Expo-Ungava adds exploration dimension to Canadian Royalties
As the name suggests, Canadian Royalties (CZZ-V) began corporate life with a business plan focused on generating a royalty income stream from various mineral properties held in its portfolio. The juni…