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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
GOLD FUNDS (March 09, 1998)
Gold Funds as of February 26, 1998BGRCentralNet Value$15.27$6.15Price$11.70…
New resources at Paul Isnard and St. Elie brighten Guyanor’s outlook
While lower metal prices have dampened enthusiasm for its 1998 exploration program in French Guiana, Guyanor Ressources (GRL.B-T) has put its best face forward with new mineral inventories from two go…
EXPLORATION 1998 — Ontario land-use debate worries mining industry
Ontario may boast some of Canada’s most prospective ground, but some prospectors and mining companies say a new provincial land-use designation program is a threat to mineral exploration and developme…
Archon Minerals to gain stake in Buffer zone claims in N.W.T.
Prospector Stewart Blusson is vending his 31.2% participating interest in the outlying Buffer zone portion of the Ekati diamond mine project to Archon Minerals (ACS-V).Ekati, which will soon become Ca…
EXPLORATION 1998 — Magnesium Alloy active in Republic of Congo
Junior Magnesium Alloy (MGAC.U-C) has formed an ambitious plan to become a large, low-cost producer of magnesium metal through a multi-faceted project now at an embryonic stage in the Republic of Cong…
EXPLORATION 1998 — Avalon sizes up rare-metal pegmatite at Separation Rapids
Kenora, Ont. — With a follow-up drilling campaign now under way at its Separation Rapids rare-metal pegmatite deposit, Toronto-based Avalon Ventures (AVL-V) is becoming more confident that the projec…
Donner buys Labrador claims
Donner Minerals (DML-V) is increasing its position in the South Voisey’s Bay area of Labrador by buying out partner Thistle Creek Resources’ half-interest in 165 mineral claims.The Vancouver-based jun…
EXPLORATION 1998 — Geomaque advances Honduran gold play — Extended strike length could boost resources
Toronto-based Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) continues to report strong gold grades at the Vueltas del Rio project in northwestern Honduras.The junior has now completed 192 holes on the Main zone. Step…
EXPLORATION 1998 — Fairbanks district home — to promising projects Barrick, Newmont among explorers
The Fairbanks district in central Alaska is in no danger of losing its reputation for being a hotbed of mineral exploration and production.The Fort Knox gold mine is up and running, and the True North…
EXPLORATION 1998 – NEWS ROUNDUP — Expatriate adds to Yukon holdings
Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) has added to its extensive mineral holdings in the Yukon Territory by negotiating an agreement to acquire a 60% interest in seven groups of mineral claims in either the Wa…
EXPLORATION 1998 — Mexico’s Zacatecas state teeming with Canadian juniors
With massive-sulphide intervals as thick as 263 metres, the San Nicolas polymetallic massive sulphide discovery in Mexico’s Zacatecas state is significant in its own right, but it is the likelihood of…