Idaho revs up Stillwater program
A 4,000-metre drill program is testing the first of two targets outlined by Idaho Consolidated Metals (IDO-V) at the Stillwater complex in Montana.The junior, which owns 110 sq. km of ground adjacent …
2001
Noranda, Falco sue Boliden
Noranda (NOR-T) and affiliate Falconbridge (FL-T) have filed a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Swedish-Canadian miner Boliden (BOL-T) and affiliated companies over Boli…
Ken Snyder sale closes
Shareholders of Normandy Mining (NDY-T) have approved the agreement with Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) under which Normandy will take over the Ken Snyder mine at the northern end of Nevada’s Carlin gold…
Imperial finds high-grade gold at Sterling
Vancouver — Junior explorer Imperial Metals (IPM-T) has intersected deep-seated, high-grade gold mineralization at its Sterling property, near Beatty, Nev., 185 km northwest of Las Vegas.Recent effor…
Safety improves despite Beatrix
The recent accident at the Beatrix gold mine has once again focused attention on the South African mining industry’s safety performance.This tragic event, which claimed 12 lives, shocked and saddened …
Canyon ponders underground mine at Briggs
Denver — Low gold prices are putting a damper on the North Briggs project, in southeastern California, reducing the size of what was to be a real cost-saver for owner Canyon Resources (CAU-X).The Den…
Junior explores for Pipeline’s roots
Denver — Toronto geologist John Gardiner believes he holds the key to a major reinterpretation of the geology of Crescent Valley in central Nevada — a revision that could not only resolve long-stand…
Hope is in the air
After years of suffering, Estelle Cyr finally succumbed to primary pulmonary hypertension at age 27. She left behind three daughters, Melanie, Lynne and Angele. The three girls would go to live in Tim…
Kimberlite find at Jericho yields few stones
A new kimberlite discovery at the wholly owned Jericho project of Tahera (TAH-T) has yielded just two stones from the initial processing of 100.4 kg of drill core.The kimberlite was discovered this pa…
Mining: more than creating jobs
The Canadian mining industry is one of the few industrial sectors where Canadian knowledge, technology, expertise and corporate leadership dominate internationally. But it’s a position we must work ha…
Expatriate receives extension
Vancouver — Cominco (CLT-T) has granted Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) a payment extension for its purchase of the Kudz Ze Kayah deposit in the Finlayson Lake District in the Yukon.According to the ame…
De Beers discovers kimberlite sills at MZ Lake (June 11, 2001)
Exploration drilling by De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) has uncovered a series of near-surface, sub-parallel kimberlite sills in the MZ Lake area of the AK property in the Northwest Territories….