2005
Tagish aims to revive historic mining district
Whitehorse, Yukon — With known resources in three deposits and a 300-tonne-per-day mill in place,
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….
Searching for ‘rocks’ in rolling Arctic
Diamonds North leads juniors in exploration…
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…
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,
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….
Moto-ring through political upheaval (November 01, 2005)
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Tethyan returns Reko Diq to drawing board
Despite favourable new drill results,
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…