Mining

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business A Canadian mining association is seeking to increase its presence in Northern Ontario.

Pacific North West Capital Corp. and their Sudbury PGM partners Anglo Platinum have announced a $3-million drilling program for their River Valley project.

Laurentian University is receiving $535,462 in FedNor funding to buy scientific equipment for the creation of its chemical engineering lab and for the Canada Research Chair in Robotics and Mining Automation (CRC).

By ANDREW WAREING Admiral Bay Resources Inc. (TSX.V: ADB) is hoping a deposit of coal bed methane just north of Kapuskasing is commercially viable enough to make a long-term investment on.

By ANDREW WAREING Even as the Porcupine Joint Venture (PJV) prepares to open its Pamour site, the search is already on to seek out more new mining opportunities. PJV is a joint development project by Placer Dome Ltd.

By IAN ROSS Construction was underway in May on the next leg of development at Canada’s only primary producing platinum group metals (PGM) mine. Last month, contractors from Talpa Mining of Val D’Or, Que.

FNX Mining Company Inc. and Dynatec Corp. are undertaking a massive $30-million advanced underground exploration program in the Sudbury basin.

By ANDREW WAREING With diamonds a major source of exploration in Northern Ontario, Big Red Diamond Corp. (BRDC) has gone public to help finance its explorations in the Attawapiskat area.

April was a good drilling month for diamond hunters KWG Resources and Spider Resources with the discovery of three kimberlites on their McFadyen property in the James Bay lowlands.

By JOSEPH QUESNEL For Rob McEwen, when it comes to running a billion-dollar company, ideas are more important than where one comes from.