EXPLORATION 1999 – Aurizon drills Casa Berardi
Vancouver-based Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has 10 drills active at its wholly owned Casa Berardi project in Quebec’s prolific Abitibi mining district. The program is aimed at boosting mineral resources to …
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EDITORIAL & OPINION — Australia to Zimbabwe, and everything in between — Welcoming the World
The program for this year’s convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada tells one story. East Africa, Far Eastern Russia and the Cordilleran of South America have top billing in t…
Index (March 15, 1999)
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EXPLORATION 1999 – First kimberlites barren for Contiki
No diamonds have been found in the first three of 10 kimberlites drill-tested by Contiki Resources (TKI-V) on ground held in Botswana.Contiki can earn a 60% interest in prospecting licence 139-93 from…
EXPLORATION 1999 – Kirkland Lake camp attracts juniors
Even though production in the Kirkland Lake camp is now limited to the Macassa mine and Lake Shore tailings projects of Kinross Gold (K-T), persistent junior companies and a lively body of independent…
EXPLORATION 1999 – SouthernEra readies Yamba Lake for drilling
SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has begun a high-resolution airborne magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical survey over the Yamba Lake property, 45 km north of the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territor…
Ashanti puts Geita on fast track
Construction is under way at Ashanti Goldfields’ (ASL-N) Geita gold project in the Lake Victoria Goldfields region of western Tanzania.Situated 90 km southwest of Mwanza, the open-pit mine will exploi…
GOLD FUNDS (March 15, 1999)
Gold Funds as of March 4, 1999BGRCentralNet Value$13.955.98Price$9.65$5.9…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Analysts see silver lining in Pan American
Pan American Silver (PAA-T) is the premier pure silver play on the Toronto Stock Exchange, says Barry Cooper, mining analyst with CIBC Wood Gundy.The company offers strong growth that is highly levera…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – QUERY — Two companies named St. Maurice, both gone
I’m searching historical archives about the St-Maurice Mining Company, which exploited concessions in Preissac Twp., Abitibi, Quebec, in 1916-21 and 1943-44. Is there a place where I can find this inf…
PEOPLE — Golden Star (March 15, 1999)
James Askew appointed president and CEO.