Twin Gold finds target at Layuh
A mineralized breccia body was discovered by Twin Gold (TWG-T) at its 85%-owned Layuh property in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.The company says the body was exposed in outcrop over an area of at least …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Indochina Goldfields set to develop first phase of Bakyrchik
The final engineering report and production plan for the US$100-million Bakyrchik gold project in Kazakstan has paved the way for Indochina Goldfields (ING-T) to embark on first-phase construction of …
Gold output, exploration spending up in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan has attracted US$1.7 million in foreign mineral exploration funds and is expected to produce 15 tonnes of gold in 1997.Much of the financing was provided by the joint-venture partners of st…
EDITORIAL — Walsh’s plans for Bresea a bad joke No gold, plenty of brass
Bre-X Minerals, the junior mining company whose fabulous Busang gold deposit turned out to be a fraudulent sample factory, is at last where it belongs — in the hands of a bankruptcy trustee. Its liab…
DIAMOND PAGE — New discoveries yield more diamonds at Diavik, Camsell Lake
Diavik Diamond Mines, a division of Rio Tinto (RTP-N), and its parter, Aber Resources (ABZ-T), have begun a final feasibility study on four diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes at the Diavik diamond proje…
Sirios finds more gold at Aquilon
A geochemical sampling program on the Aquilon gold property in the James Bay area of Quebec has returned positive results for Sirios Resources (SOI-M).Sirios has discovered several showings assaying b…
METAL PRICES – Daily Metal Prices (November 24, 1997)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange – Midday bid/ask prices in US$ per tonne)DateNov. 18Nov. 17Nov. 14Nov. 13N…
PEOPLE — VALERIE GOLD (November 24, 1997)
John Hick, Colin Dobell and Owen Owens elected directors.
PEOPLE – SHANE
Michael Magrum elected director.
Redhawk raises funds for Remac project
To finance drilling at its Remac zinc project in southern British Columbia, Redhawk Resources (RDK-V) has arranged a $500,000 private placement of 400,000 flow-through shares and 100,000 non-flow-thro…
Panel approves Cigar Lake, Midwest
A federal-provincial panel has given its conditional approval to both the Cigar Lake and Midwest uranium projects in the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan.The Cigar Lake project is operated by …
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Divine intervention
In 1989, I was working as an exploration geologist in Canada but accepted an offer from an Italian mining company to spend a year in Zambia reviewing gold exploration licences. I had never been to a d…