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Gold/Mining/Energy : Twin Mining (formerly Twin-Gold) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Valuepro who wrote (546)	11/4/2002 1:22:54 PM
From: VAUGHN	Respond to of 613

Thanks VP

To: Valuepro who wrote (546)	11/8/2002 2:41:37 AM
From: VAUGHN	Respond to of 613

Hello VP Something to compare future announcements to: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum - Guidelines for the Reporting of Diamond Exploration Results MONTREAL, Nov. 7 /CNW/ - Draft Guidelines have been recommended and made public for comment (see address below) by the Diamond Exploration Reporting Best Practices Committee established by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM). These guidelines are applicable to public companies and their consultants reporting diamond exploration results. In respect of these guidelines, Diamond Exploration Results are results derived from the initial activities undertaken to investigate a diamond bearing prospect or deposit, to generate tonnage, grade and value estimates that cannot be classified as a Mineral Resource or Mineral Reserve. They do not address the earlier stage reporting of geophysical, geochemical or kimberlite indicator mineral results. Public reports of Diamond Exploration Results relating to mineralization not classified as Mineral Resource or Mineral Reserve must address the confidence limits of the results and contain sufficient information to allow a considered and balanced judgement of the significance of the results. The objective of these guidelines is to assist public companies and consultants in making appropriate disclosure of diamond exploration results by reporting in a manner which is: - Uniform within the diamond exploration industry; - Consistent with reporting from other industry sectors. - Comprehensive. - Unambiguous. The guidelines are not prescriptive. Materiality is the overriding principle that determines the information that should be disclosed. However, where a company or consultant deviates from the guidelines, the disclosure or technical report should state the extent to which the guidelines have not been followed, and the reasons for the deviation. The guidelines do not in any way replace jurisdictional reporting requirements ("For example, the requirement for Canadian reporting issuers to comply with Canadian Securities Administrators National Instrument 43-101 by having technical disclosure endorsed by a Qualified Person as defined in that legislation"). To see full details with tables providing specific guidance details, please refer to CIM Website at cim.org Comments should be addressed, by November 30, 2002, to: R.A. Gannicott, President and C.E.O., Aber Diamond Corporation - Tel.: (416) 362-2237, e-mail rgannicott@aber.ca . -30- For further information: 1000 R.A. Gannicott, President and C.E.O., Aber Diamond Corporation - Tel.: (416) 362-2237, e-mail rgannicott@aber.ca Regards Vaughn

To: Valuepro who wrote (546)	11/14/2002 11:39:18 AM
From: VAUGHN	Respond to of 613

Hello Valuepro *OFF THE WIRE* Twin Mining fast-tracking metallurgical drilling for Atlanta Gold Project's bankable feasibility study /NOT FOR DISSEMINATION TO US NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ TORONTO, Nov. 14 /CNW/ - Twin Mining Corporation ("Twin Mining") (TWG - TSX) is pleased to announce that a 1,200 meter (4,000 feet) core drilling program is underway at its Atlanta Gold Project which is located in Elmore County, south central Idaho, U.S.A. The 12 hole program (HQ core - 63.5 mm diameter) is designed to produce representative ore grade samples from the Monarch and Idaho gold ore zones for a metallurgical leach test program. The results of this program will be incorporated into a feasibility study for a 31.1 tonne (100,000 ounces) per year open pit heap leach operation with estimated cash costs of US$160 per ounce. The return of the Atlanta Gold Project to Twin Mining's active asset list adds significant shareholder value and complements our high quality diamondiferous kimberlite discoveries in Canada's eastern arctic, TORNGAT and Jackson Inlet. These diamond properties are located in a similar favourable environment as the Nanisivik Zinc mine, an example for low capital and low operating costs in the eastern arctic. Results from TORNGAT North kimberlite sample processing and the Jackson Inlet exploration program will be announced as soon as they are available. The Atlanta gold deposit is located on a 3.3km (2 mile) long shear zone. Historic production from the shear zone has been estimated at 12.4 tonnes (400,000 ounces) of gold and 28 tonnes (900,000 ounces) of silver. The 1997 Prefeasibility Study, completed by Behre Dolbear and Lyntek Inc., outlined a measured mineral resource of 18,042,000 tonnes (19,889,000 tons) grading 1.86 g Au/t (0.054 ounces/ton) and 5.6 g Ag/t (0.162 ounces/ton) in the Monarch and Idaho open pit deposits for a gold resource of 33.7 tonnes (1,083,000 ounces). The resource calculation is based upon 325 reverse circulation drill holes and 22 core holes. Behre Dolbear used a 6 by 6 meter (20 by 20 feet) block model with gold grades determined by ordinary kriging within a defined geologic envelope. Additional exploration potential exists along the Atlanta Lode both on surface and underground. A preliminary underground inferred mineral resource of 711,300 tonnes (784,100 tons) with a diluted grade of 10.57 g/t (0.306 ounces/ton) gold was also estimated in the 1997 study. Two new surface zones, the East Extension and the Tahoma, have undergone initial drilling programs with positive results. Plans have been made to in-fill drill these zones in the future. Twin Mining has selected Behre Dolbear & Company ("Behre Dolbear") to complete a feasibility study for project development financing. Behre Dolbear is an internationally recognized engineering firm and has previously prepared a Feasibility Study (1989), a Prefeasibility Study (1997), a Scoping Study (1998) and other Engineering Work on the Atlanta Gold Project. Behre Dolbear has told Twin Mining that, based upon their prior work, Behre Dolbear believes that "the Atlanta Gold Project will prove to be both technically and economically feasible". Mr. Derek Rance, P.Eng., Behre Dolbear's Canadian President, is Twin Mining's "Qualified Person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Twin Mining's financing campaign has already exceeded the initial offering of flow-through units at $0.50 for gross proceeds of $2,705,000. Due to subscriber demand the offering was increased and is expected to be completed shortly. Twin Mining, in addition to the gold mining project in Idaho, United States of America is exploring the Jackson Inlet diamond project on Baffin Island and the TORNGAT diamond project on the east side of Ungava Bay in northern Québec. Regards Vaughn

To: Valuepro who wrote (546)	11/20/2002 1:02:42 PM
From: VAUGHN	Respond to of 613

Hello VP *OFF THE WIRE* Twin Mining reports Third Quarter Results Continuing positive diamond exploration results and successful flow-through financing. TORONTO, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - Twin Mining Corporation ("Twin Mining") (TWG:TSX) is pleased to announce that diamond results and the reactivation of the Atlanta Gold Project combined to produce oversubscribed flow-through financing. Cash and short term deposits of $2.1 million permit Twin Mining to carry on its aggressive exploration program on the 100% owned and operated Jackson Inlet diamond property and to reactivate the 82% owned and operated Atlanta Gold Project. Diamond extraction and analysis from core, recovered during the 2001 Jackson Inlet drilling campaign, produced very encouraging results. The drilling was concurrently carried out with the mini-bulk sample excavation on the Freightrain pipe. There are two main conclusions: - The Freightrain drill hole and mini-bulk sample results are consistent with one another and support the encouraging previously modeled grade of 0.40 ct / tonne obtained from the mini-bulk samples. - Diamond results indicate continuity and reproducibility of diamond grade to the, so far, deepest sampled kimberlite intersections at 206 meters (676 feet) vertical depth for Freightrain and at 150 meters (492 feet) vertical depth for Cargo1. Twin Mining will be announcing the results from the TORNGAT North kimberlite sample processing as soon as they are available. During the quarter, the Company worked on the reactivation of the Atlanta Gold Project which is contemplated to be a 3.1 tonne (100,000 ounces) per year open pit heap leach operation with estimated cash costs of U.S.$160 per ounce. On July 15, 2002, Twin Mining retained Kingsdale Capital Partners Inc. and Kingsdale Capital Markets Inc. as its agents to offer, by way of private placement, up to 4,000,000 flow-through units and 4,000,000 common share units at $0.50 per unit each. As a result of subscriber demand the flow-through offering was increased from $2,000,000 (4,000,000 units) to $3,000,000 (6,000,000 units) and the offering period was extended. Each flow-through unit consists of one common share and one half share purchase warrant. Each common share unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $1.00 for two years. Twin Mining announced that it has already completed the sale of 5,410,000 flow-through units for gross proceeds of $2,705,000. The proceeds will be utilized primarily to advance exploration of the Jackson Inlet diamond property and the feasibility study on the Atlanta Gold Project. Twin Mining, in addition to exploring the Jackson Inlet diamond project on Baffin Island and the TORNGAT diamond project on the east side of Ungava Bay in northern Québec, also holds a gold mining project in Idaho, United States of America. Well, this is what I would call a none announcement. Nothing but a rehash of previous info and not one mention of 2002 JI drill results. Management announced earlier this year that TWG would be doing surveys and drilling of other JI targets in 2002 and I see nothing here to confirm that work was done or that news is pending. I am gaining the distinct impression that we have been mislead. Regards Vaughn

To: Valuepro who wrote (546)	12/9/2002 2:31:04 PM
From: VAUGHN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 613

*OFF THE WIRE* Twin Mining's Atlanta Gold Project Metallurgical Drilling Program Completed - Advancing Toward Feasibility /NOT FOR DISSEMINATION TO US NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES./ TORONTO, Dec. 9 /CNW/ - Twin Mining Corporation (TWG:TSX) announced today that it completed the core drilling program on the Atlanta Gold Project. This program was undertaken to retrieve fresh ore samples for metallurgical testing by an independent laboratory to confirm previous testing carried out by the Company and to obtain new and improved gold recoveries. A Scoping Study prepared in 1998, updated in 1999, based on recovery grades obtained in an earlier test series, concluded, that from a measured mineral resource of more than one million ounces, gold could be produced at estimated site cash costs of U.S.$160 per ounce (see press release Nov.14, 2002). During the 13-hole campaign a total of 1,284 meters (4,211 feet) was drilled. Nine holes were drilled in the Monarch zone with dip angles ranging from 45 to 69 degrees. All holes were drilled across the full width of the shear zone that ranges from 18 to 55 meters (60 - 180 feet). The hanging wall and foot wall contacts are clearly visible. Geological logging of the core confirmed earlier ore zone interpretations based on results from reverse circulation drill holes. Strongly altered mineralization with quartz veining, typical of the Atlanta ore zone, was intersected in every drill hole. The Idaho zone was tested with four angle holes at 56 to 60 degrees of dip. Three of the core holes recovered metallurgical samples while the fourth hole was drilled into the wall rock to provide material for environmental testing. The environmental hole intersected 4.8 meters of a previously unknown alteration zone at the end of the hole at a depth of 98.8 to 103.6 meters. This intersection will be sampled for gold/silver content. The alteration zone is open at depth. The recovered HQ core (63.5 mm / 2.5 inch diameter) was sawed lengthwise with one-half of the core designated for metallurgical testing, one-quarter for assaying, and one-quarter saved for reference. Samples of wall rock were selected for environmental testing in support of the permitting process. The assay samples, collected in 3-meter increments, will be analyzed for gold and silver. In addition a 500-gram cyanide bottle roll test will be performed on ore grade core sections to determine gold extraction characteristics. The results of the metallurgical testing will be used for the feasibility of a 5,000-ton per day open pit heapleach operation. ALS CHEMEX has been awarded the contract for assaying and bottle roll testing. The samples have been delivered to the laboratory and assay results are expected within 2-3 weeks. Gold extraction data will follow in early to mid January. The gold extraction information will be used to select metallurgical samples to be used in the column leach test program scheduled for completion in June 2003. Mr. Derek Rance, P.Eng., Behre Dolbear's Canadian President, is Twin Mining's "Qualified Person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Twin Mining, in addition to the gold mining project in Idaho, United States of America is exploring the Jackson Inlet diamond project on Baffin Island and the TORNGAT diamond project on the east side of Ungava Bay in northern Québec. Regards Vaughn