First half disappoints Triton
In spite of higher production and lower cash costs at its gold mine in Nicaragua, Triton Mining (TTM-T) tabled a lacklustre balance sheet for the first half of 1997.The El Limon mine yielded 22,301 oz…
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Sampling of C12 kimberlite — yields macros and micros at Commonwealth
vancouverAnalysis of 257.5 kg of core from the C12 kimberlite pipe, situated on the Commonwealth claim block in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories, has yielded 30 macrodiamonds and 44…
Minorca to buy chunk of McWatters
Minorca Resources (MAR-T), flush with $67 million in cash once earmarked for its Indonesian projects (including a 60% financing of Askatindo Karya Mineral’s 10% share of the Busang gold bluff), will s…
N.B. conference to focus on environmental practices
A conference focusing on environmental practices at Canadian mining operations will be held at the Hotel Beausejour in Moncton, N.B., from Sept.25 to 26.Entitled “Green Challenges at Mining Sites,” th…
OBITUARY — George Finlay
George “Bill” Finlay, a well-known figure in the mining contracting industry, has died. He was 68.Born in North Cobalt in 1928, Finlay graduated from the Haileybury School of Mines in 1947 and began h…
Franciso expands El Sauzal
Vancouver-based Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has released results from the final holes of a third phase of drilling at El Sauzal, an epithermal gold project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.Southeast of the West…
Son of Sodmex launched
Montreal-based Capital d’Amrique, a company linked with the public fund manager Caisse de dp(tm)t et placement du Quebec, is investing $15 million to start up Sodmex II, a Quebec-based exploration and…
Nuinsco to drill at Rainy River
Two financings are expected to generate $3 million and allow Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) to accelerate drilling at its wholly owned Rainy River project in northwestern Ontario.The Toronto-based junior p…
PEOPLE — VELVET EXPL. (September 08, 1997)
Ken Norman appointed director of public relations.
PEOPLE — CONS. NU-MEDIA INDUSTRIES
Tun Aye Sai appointed director.
PEOPLE — CONS. CALLINAN FLIN FLON (September 08, 1997)
A. Slade appointed director.
PEOPLE — CATALYST VENTURES (September 08, 1997)
Eugene Wusaty appointed director.