2005


Journalists and analysts at Tagish Lake Gold's Skukum Creek gold-silver project during a recent site visit.

Tagish aims to revive historic mining district

Whitehorse, Yukon — With known resources in three deposits and a 300-tonne-per-day mill in place, Tagish Lake Gold (TLG-V) believes it is “30 months and $30 million” from productio…


TSX’s power slide continues

Rising interest rates and inflation worries sent Toronto stocks into convulsions during the Oct. 18-24 report period. The S&P TSX Composite Index yo-yo’d another 192.65 points lower to 10,360.79….



Pacifica sees mega-mine potential at Howard’s Pass

Whitehorse, Yukon — Improved prospects for zinc and new roads and rails in this northern territory have prompted Pacifica Resources (PAX-V) to revive a zinc-lead-silver project that has sat dormant f…


CNQ to launch new market

The Canadian Trading and Quotation System (CNQ) plans to launch an alternative market sometime in early 2006 to provide investors with another means by which to invest in Toronto Stock Exchange-listed…


From left: Yukon Zinc President Harlan Meade, Project Geologist Gilles Dessureau, and Vice-President of Mining Richard Goodwin hold some of the first ore to be brought out of the portal at the Wolverine zinc-copper-lead deposit in eastern Yukon.

Yukon Zinc in planning mode at Wolverine

Whitehorse, Yukon — The old saying that “mines are not found, but made” doesn’t always hold true, and can be wishful thinking in cases where deposits have too many flaws for engineers to overcome. Wh…


Inco follows Voisey’s junior to Greenland

In a strange twist of fate, Inco (N-T, N-N) and the diamond explorer that discovered the Voisey’s Bay nickel mine have ended up together again — this time in Greenland….


Century cuts gold at Lamaque Far North

A drilling campaign to assess targets on the Lamaque property in Val d’Or, Que., has indicated gold mineralization on both the Main Plug and West Plug intrusive bodies….



Tethyan returns Reko Diq to drawing board

Despite favourable new drill results, Tethyan Copper (TYC-A) has sent an unfinished feasibility study on development of the Reko Diq porphyry-copper deposits back to the drawing boa…


Taking on PBS and the New York Times

The Public Broadcast System’s Frontline special on “The Curse of Inca Gold,” which aired on Oct. 25, 2005, and the accompanying New York Times investigative series, has put the gold mining industry un…


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