2004

Vancouver — An agreement with several Chinese agencies gives Minco Mining & Metals (MMM-T) the right to earn up to a 51% interest in the Changkeng gold deposit in Guandong province.

Insider trading transactions reported in May 2004 Ontario Securities Commission Bulletin include the following:…

Vancouver — The results of a 27-hole drill program by Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) will be integrated into a feasibility study of the Mirador copper-gold project in Ecuador.

Vancouver — Assays are in hand for the first two holes of a drill program at the Tulsequah Chief mine property, near Atlin in northwestern British Columbia.

Toronto-based African Gold Group (AGG-V) has kicked off a 10,000-metre program of diamond drilling as part of a US$2.4-million first round of exploration at its 108-sq.-km Mankranho concession in Ghana.

SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has been awarded 41 diamond exploration permits covering 13,000 sq. km in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Vancouver — A buoyant market for metallurgical coal is making it easy for Western Canadian coal companies to place new mines into production. The list includes the Willow Creek coal mine, scheduled to begin operations later this summer.

Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has intersected significant platinum-palladium mineralization in the Varley zone on its River Valley project, 65 km northeast of Sudbury, Ont.

Toronto-based RNC Gold (RNC-T), owner and operator of most of Greenstone Resources’ old gold assets in Central America, has expanded its reserves and resources at the La Libertad and Bonanza mines in Nicaragua and the Cerro Quem…

Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) reports satisfactory gold values from drilling at the Boka project in China’s Yunnan province.

Desert Sun Mining (DSM-T) has 10 surface drill rigs and 4 underground drills testing targets in the Bahia gold belt of eastern Brazil.