Partners hit hot hole at Lac Montbray
Drilling by joint venture partners Noranda (NRD-T) and Alexis Minerals (AMC-V) has turned up a new base metal disco…
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Harmony shareholders OK takeover
Shareholders of Harmony Gold (HMY-N) have overwhelmingly approved their company’s plan to take over larger rival Go…
Goldcorp drills Ardeen
Goldcorp (G-T) has begun a 2,500-metre drill program on Pele Mountain Resources’ (GEM-V) Ardeen gold project in nor…
Placer fills its treasury (November 10, 2004)
Vancouver – Placer Dome (PDG-T) is strengthening its bank balance through its largest ever underwritten equity offe…
OBITUARY – Frank Beales
It is with sadness that The Northern Miner informs its readers of the passing of Frank Beales at the age of 85. …
Ontzinc adopts shareholder rights plan
In the midst of trying to raise a hefty stack of cash to complete its planned acquisition of Anglo American’s (AA…
Pershimco hits gold at Courville showing (November 10, 2004)
Surface work and shallow diamond drilling by Pershimco Resources (PRO-V) have revealed gold mineralization at the c…
Further Copper Creek intercepts for Firesteel
Vancouver – Drilling by Firesteel Resources (FTR-V) on its wholly-owned Copper Creek project, located in the Stikin…
Royalties stretches Mequillon further
Drilling along the northeast strike extension of the Lac Mequillon nickel-copper deposit in Ungava, Quebec, has tra…
Outokumpu’s recovery process eyed for Red Chris
bcMetals Corporation (C-T) is considering using Outokumpu Technology’s hyrdometallurgical process to recover copper…
Osisko picks up Canadian Malartic (November 08, 2004)
A property deal with a private vendor has given Osisko Exploration (OSK-V) an option on the Canadian Malartic prope…
Abacus expands Afton copper and gold
Vancouver – Halfway through its Phase 2 drill program on the Kamloops-area Afton copper-gold project in south-centr…