Rimfire, Northgate set $1-million budget for ‘Eskay Creek-type’ target
Vancouver Partners Rimfire Minerals (RFM-V) and Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) plan to spend $1 million next y…
Canada
Agnico-Eagle keeping the costs low
As gold mining costs continue to escalate, Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle (AEM-T, AEM-N) is managing to buck the trend,…
Wildrose, Fjordland expand Megabuck at Woodjam
Vancouver An exploration program has expanded the Megabuck gold-copper zone and confirmed potential for another c…
Bell hits copper at Granduc (December 14, 2005)
Vancouver – Initial drill results from Bell Resources’ (BL-V, BZRSF-O) Granduc mine project, in northwestern Britis…
NuStar lines up for Intrepid (December 14, 2005)
Australian gold producer NuStar Mining (NMC-A) will gain an exploration arm and a Canadian listing through a merger…
Portfolio manager spotlight: Joe Foster
As gold touched 24-year highs earlier this week,at least one portfolio manager says the driver behind the recent …
UPDATE: Placer and Barrick take a breather
Placer Dome (PDG-T,PDG-N) and Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) took a break from a month-long sparring match on Dec. 11,…
Precious metals sweeten pot for Yukon Zinc
Vancouver With final results from this year’s drill program in hand, Yukon Zinc (YZC-V) has encountered additiona…
Taseko boosts reserves at Gibraltar
Vancouver A 30% increase in reserves is expected to increase the life of the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine by …
Marathon PGM sees higher grades in Marathon Main Zone
Marathon PGM (MAR-V) has released new results of infill and extension drilling on the Marathon copper-palladium-pla…
Copper Fox raising cash for Schaft Creek
Calgary-based Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V) will try to raise $3.5 million in flow-through and non-flow-through funds t…
Gold Canyon tests high-grade targets at Springpole (December 09, 2005)
Vancouver With results from 2005 drilling in hand, Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) says it has confirmed the presen…