Juniors keep exploration (barely) alive BC
Vancouver — Despite the implementation of one of the most attractive incentive programs in the country, mineral exploration in Canada’s westernmost province failed to ignite in 2002.In 2001, total fi…
Rimfire Minerals Corporation
Gold Fever in BC, Part 2
The exploration and development of porphyry deposits during the 1960s and 1970s had a profound effect on the mining community in British Columbia. Between 1965 and 1987, one out of every four deposits…
Wolverton picks seven top gold juniors
As the rally in gold stocks percolates downwards into smaller and smaller companies, analysts such as Tracy Hurley of Wolverton Securities are examining microcap gold stocks and recommending those tha…
Barrick eyes RDN (May 06, 2002)
Vancouver — Picking up where Newmont Mining (NEM-N) left off, Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has inked a letter of intent to earn a 75% stake in Rimfire Minerals’ (RFM-V) RDN property in northwestern Br…
CDNX bucks the downward trend
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange bucked the trend set by the major bourses and posted modest gains during the week ended Jan. 15. The Standard & Poor’s-CDNX composite tacked on 3.79 points, or 0….
Barrick drops Goodpaster
Vancouver — Disappointing drill results have prompted mining titan Barrick Gold (ABX-T) to stop work on the California and Surf properties in the Goodpaster district of Alaska.The properties are adja…
Newmont drops RDN (December 31, 2001)
Vancouver — Disappointing results from a second round of drilling on the RDN gold-silver property in northern British Columbia have prompted Newmont Mining (NEM-N) to stop its work program.The proper…
Newmont targets RDN (July 02, 2001)
Vancouver — Newmont Exploration of Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining (NEM-N), is gearing up for a 1,200-metre drill program over Rimfire Minerals’ (RFM-V) RDN gold-silver property …
Barrick at work in Alaska
Vancouver — Mining titan Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has kicked off a $600,000 exploration program on the California and Surf properties, held jointly by Rimfire Minerals (RFM-V) and Western Keltic Mines…
Mining index drives CDNX higher
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange staged a strong rally, led by a triple-digit gain in the mining index, during the report period ended April 11. The Canadian Venture Exchange’s composite index cl…
Trail reduces zinc output
The Waneta Dam, on the Pend Oreille River, near Trail, B.C., is becoming a cash cow for Cominco (CLT-T). The zinc producer has been selling excess power to utilities and other customers in the wake of…
Analysts select 10 juniors
Times have been tough for the mining sector these past three years. Liquidity remains a critical problem, with speculative investors nibbling selectively at drill hole stories but, for the most part, …