Intrepid to drill Zapote
Toronto-based junior Intrepid Minerals (IAU-A) is about to drill the Cerro Colorado target at its Zapote gold-silver property in northern El Salvador.The program will test a bonanza-silver stockwork t…
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EXPLORATION 1999 — Drills turn at Oesteroche
Calgary-based junior High American Gold (HIAM-C) will begin drilling its Oesteroche gold-silver property in northwestern Argentina’s Salta province.Consisting of 1,000 metres of diamond drilling in 15…
EXPLORATION 1999 — Independence discovers zone
Encouraged by results from sampling, Independence Resources (IND-V) plans to drill a newly discovered gold-silver zone at its El Escobar project in Mexico’s Durango state.The company’s geologists disc…
EXPLORATION 1999 — Juniors converge near Teck’s Pogo gold play
The area play around the 5.2-million-oz. Pogo gold project in Alaska is slowly generating interest among speculative investors, and this slowness is partly due to the lack of historical exploration in…
EXPLORATION 1999 — Gold hunters eye northwestern Ontario — Pele Mountain, Moss Lake among juniors most active in region
Even though the earliest gold production in Ontario came from the region west of Lake Superior, the area has long played the Abitibi’s poor relation. Still, recent exploration activity has brought ren…
EXPLORATION 1999 — Agnico-Eagle comes of age at LaRonde
Having kept Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) alive through some tough times in the past, retail investors still make up about 65% of the company’s shareholder base. But the mid-tier gold producer is now att…
PEOPLE — Pacific Topaz (March 15, 1999)
John Rizzuti appointed director.
PEOPLE – Naxos
Martin Blake appointed director.
PEOPLE — Maximum Res.
Barry Brown appointed president and director; Greg Yanke appointed director.
EXPLORATION 1999 — EXPLORATION 1999 — Pangea well-placed in Tanzania — Kahama-Buzwagi, Golden Ridge among junior’s advanced projects
Toronto-based explorer Pangea Goldfields (PGD-T) is protecting itself from the downturn in gold markets by focusing on joint-venture projects in Tanzania, Peru and Canada.The company, which has no deb…
EXPLORATION 1999 — Juniors assess Twi-Lite
Partners Fort Knox Gold Resources (FNX-T) and Northway Explorations (NOW-T) have begun preliminary drilling at their Twi-Lite gold property in central Newfoundland.Ten shallow holes totalling 1,400 me…
EXPLORATION 1999 — Nunavut’s fortunes tied to infrastructure — Brightest prospects are Meliadine West, Meadowbank
The spring of 1999 will be bittersweet for the residents of Nunavut. Although Canada’s newest territory will celebrate official self-governance, its status as one of the poorest regions in Canada is c…