2005

Deep drilling by Queenston Mining (QMI-T) at the Princeton property, 15 km east of Kirkland Lake, Ont., has revealed a new zone of gold mineralization east of the former McBean gold mine.

Reconnaissance drilling by equal partners Freewest Resources (FWR-V) and Murgor Resources (MUG-V) has uncovered three gold zones on their Windfall property in northwestern Quebec.

Vancouver — Vancouver’s APAC Minerals (APC-V) intends to merge with Golden China, a Toronto-based private merchant bank. The move is designed to give APAC better access to China’s mining industry.

Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) has found significant gold while prospecting at its Highland property, 50 km northeast of Wawa, in Riggs Twp., Ont.

Vancouver — An independent review has confirmed the gold resource in the Eagle zone on StrataGold‘s (SGV-V) Dublin Gulch property in the Yukon.

Vancouver — Denver-based Apollo Gold (APG-T) has poured its first gold-silver dor bar from the Standard mine in northwestern Nevada.

Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has sold its participation interests from the sale of the Neves Corvo base metal mine in Portugal to the mine’s new owner, EuroZinc Mining (EZM-T).

Vancouver — The U.S. Forest Service has cleared the way for all other federal and state permitting to begin on Coeur d’Alene Mines‘ (CDE-N) Kensington gold project, 45 miles north of Juneau, Alaska.