PGM Ltd. keeps faith at Towle Lake
Vancouver — Drill results from Platinum Group Metals’ (PTM-T) Lac des les project, near Thunder Bay, Ont., confirm the presence of platinum group metal mineralization in the Towle Lake intrusion.At …
Platinum Group Metals Ltd
River Valley PGM deposit shows continuity
Pacific North West Capital (PFN-V) has tabled the first batch of assays from a 40,000-metre, $5.3-million drilling campaign at the River Valley platinum group metal (PGM) property, near Sudbury, Ont.T…
Phelps Dodge
Rio Tinto (RTP-N) and Anatolia Minerals (YMC.U-V) will resume drilling on the Copler (Cukurdere) prospect in Turkey.The partners’ objective is to confirm and expand the shallow, oxide component of the…
Inco posts loss despite nickel’s rise
Inco’s (N-T) US$1.6-billion writedown during the summer on its Voisey’s Bay project in Labrador, combined with a host of other added costs, pushed Canada’s nickel giant deeply into the red in 2002.For…
Rio Narcea lines up Glencore at Aguablanca
One month after arranging a US$61-million financing, Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) has signed a long-term offtake agreement with Swiss commodity trader Glencore International for concentrate from the …
2002 marked by further consolidation
It did not feel as momentous as 2000 or 2001, when we saw the creation of several global mining giants, but 2002 was full of smaller-sized mergers, particularly in the precious metals sector.Among the…
Junior golds rally as year draws to a close
Junior gold explorers continued to drive Canada’s junior exchange higher. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index gained 41.8 points. or 4.1% of its value, to close at 1,052.29.Shares in Coral Go…
Alcoa to upgrade Baie-Comeau
Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Alcoa (AA-N) intends to spend $1 billion upgrading its smelter in Baie-Comeau, Que., to begin in late 2003.Under a deal with the Quebec government, the aluminum giant will invest…
AMEC cements bond with De Beers Canada
Engineering and consulting firm AMEC has signed a long-term co-operative agreement with De Beers Canada.The two companies have worked on various Canadian diamond projects in recent years. AMEC is comp…
Russian bear ambles into Stillwater, Montana
Operational setbacks and a precipitous drop in palladium prices have prompted cash-strapped Stillwater Mining (SWC-N) to ponder the unthinkable and become a subsidiary to the world’s largest palladium…
LionOre pours first gold from Thunderbox (December 02, 2002)
After nine months of construction and development, LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) has poured the first gold dor bar at the Thunderbox project in Western Australia.Weighing 11.7 kg, the bar was …
Canadian Royalties tags hot holes at Expo-Ungava
Vancouver — Drill results reported by Canadian Royalties (CZZ-V) continue to indicate the economic potential of the Expo-Ungava nickel-copper-platinum-palladium project in northern Quebec.”We’re exci…