Alliance picks up Philippine prospects
Vancouver-based Alliance Pacific Gold (APG-V) will acquire from MRA Consultants five copper-gold properties on the Philippine island of Luzon.To earn its 100% interest, Alliance must issue 3.6 million…
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Holmer confirms new gold zone at Bristol property
Holmer Gold Mines (HGM-T) is finding further indications of a new zone of gold mineralization on its Bristol Twp. property, west of Timmins, Ont.The company recently drilled through 19.5 metres gradin…
Triumphant Golden Bear back in business — Production ahead of schedule and under budget
After a 3-year production hiatus, the Golden Bearopen-pit mine, situated 130 km north of here, is once again producing gold.Production levels are exceeding expectations and, by the time the heap-leach…
Indochina finances copper mine
Vancouver-based Indochina Goldfields (ING-T) and a mining enterprise owned by the Myanmar government plan to develop their jointly held Monwya copper mine complex in that country’s north-central regio…
Altavista moves Santa Anna to feasibility — Geologists struggle to decipher pattern of gold mineralization
Step by step at its Santa Anna property, Montreal-based Altavista Mines (AIA-) is developing what may become Quebec’s next new gold mine.The property is situated 15 km west of La Sarre, close to the O…
GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD — Sunshine buys Argentine property
Though best known for its silver projects in the United States and Argentina, Sunshine Mining & Refining (SSC-N) is busy exploring a new gold property in Chubut province of southern Argentina.The gold…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD — Queenston looks where others did not in Kirkland Lake
Many Canadian exploration companies have gone to the ends of the earth for gold, bringing back tales that gave the market a taste for the exotic.Investors were less excited about companies like Queens…
GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD — Glenmore, William among Canadian companies attracted by Finland’s amended mining laws
Like many countries with vast mineral potential, Finland has revised its mining laws to encourage greater foreign investment in mineral exploration and development.The Finnish Mining Act and Mining De…
GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD — Amax options
California gold prospectAmax Gold (AU-N) has acquired an option from Royal Gold (RGLD-Q) for that company’s Long Valley gold project in California.Due diligence to be conducted by Amax will include ab…
GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD — Patrician, JCI explore Homasi property
South African-based JCI has formed a joint venture with Patrician Gold Mines (PXX-A) to explore the Homasi property in Ghana.JCI will earn 60% of Patrician’s 90% interest in the property by spending $…
GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD — Junior explorers pin hopes on northern China — Southwestern Gold and Global-Pacific searching for gold
Partners Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) and Global-Pacific Minerals (GPJ-V) have agreed to explore a large land package in the southern part of China’s Inner Mongolia Plateau.The companies signed their agr…
GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD — Goldeye Resources active in Temagami area
Goldeye Explorations (GEYE-C) has acquired a 17.5-sq.-km property in Tyrrell Twp. covering Archean greenstones west of the Huronian boundary in northern Ontario.The property vendor, a syndicate largel…