2001

Well, so much for the gold rally. Prices for the yellow metal began a downward trend during the Oct. 3-9 report period, falling out of a tight US$290-per-oz. trading range and quietly drifting down to…

Vancouver — A series of financings has paved the way for Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) to ramp up exploration at two promising diamond properties in northern Quebec.The non-brokered private placements t…

Vancouver — Starfield Resources (SRU-V) cut a narrow, high-grade platinum and palladium horizon on the West zone of the Ferguson Lake deposit, near Rankin Inlet in Nunavut. (The deposit also contains…

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…

High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) has bought a further 10% shareholding in Buryatzoloto, the Russian company that operates the Zun-Holba and Irokinda mines in the Buryat region in eastern Russia.The value…

Vancouver-based explorer Queenstake Resources (QRL-T) has entered into two agreements it says provide the financing and equipment it will need to put its Magistral gold project, in Sinaloa state, into…

Although a year behind schedule, Geomaque Exploration (GEO-T) expects to achieve design capacity at its Vueltas del Rio mine by the first quarter of 2002.Situated in Honduras, Vueltas del Rio is one o…