Meeting to focus on Latin American minerals
A conference highlighting mineral opportunities in Latin America will be held Dec. 3-4 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cancun, Mexico.Entitled “The Americas: Minerals into the Millennium,” the conferenc…
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Drill results boost potential of La Libertad
Exploration drilling by Greenstone Resources (GRE-T) has confirmed mineralization at four gold zones on La Libertad, the company’s wholly owned gold concession in Nicaragua.Drilling in each of the zon…
METAL PRICES — Daily Metal Prices (October 06, 1997)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange – Midday bid/ask prices in US$ per tonne)DateSept. 30Sept. 29Sept. 26Sept. 25…
SPOT PRICES (October 06, 1997)
Wednesday, October 1, 1997Price (US)Week’s Change.ZSGold*$336.80+ $14.80Silver*$5.
Sutton to speed up Bulyanhulu
A special warrant financing has raised $30.7 million in gross proceeds for Sutton Resources (STT-V).About 2.4 million special warrants at $12.80 each were issued to a number of institutions. Each spec…
Back Lake sample yields more diamonds
Further sampling near the Yuri kimberlite discovery at the Back Lake project in the Northwest Territories has returned five macrodiamonds (measuring greater than 0.55 mm in one dimension) and two micr…
Texas T explores in Chihuahua
Texas T Resources (TXT-V) will acquire a half interst in a group of claims in the Sierra Madre region of Mexico’s Chihuahua state.In return, Texas T will pay US$150,000 in cash to Visionary Mining (VI…
GEOLOGY 101 — Placer gold deposits, Pt. 1
Placer gold deposits form as a result of the breakdown and weathering of existing gold concentrations, erosion of the weathered material and, ultimately, the concentration of that material at a variab…
PEOPLE – ROYALSTAR (October 06, 1997)
P. Rhatigan, John Hick, Peter Stokes and Helmut Wober elected directors.
CAG cuts gold at Novodneprovskoe
Central Asia Goldfields (CGZ-M) has released drill results from three holes collared at its Novodneprovskoe gold property in Kazakstan.Hole 1 intersected 14.8 metres (from 132.6 to 147.4 metres) gradi…
PEOPLE — ROYAL OAK (October 06, 1997)
Edmund Szol appointed executive vp and COO.
PEOPLE — RIOSUN
Ken Hughes appointed director.