Geomaque expands Honduran deposit
Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) has extended the San Juan zone as a result of drilling carried out on the Vueltas del Rio gold project in northwestern Honduras.Drilling began in February in the eastern …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Corrections (August 04, 1997)
An article on page 6 of our July 28 issue includes incorrect information regarding the operatorship and funding of the VBE-1 project. The operator of the 1997 exploration program is Columbia Yukon Res…
Gitennes extends Rio Suro
Stepout drilling by Gitennes Exploration (GIT-A) has extended the Rio Suro zone on the Virgen gold property in north-Central Peru.Three reverse-Circulation (RC) holes, drilled south of the zone’s prev…
People — RIO NARCEA
Alberto Lavandeira appointed president and chief operating officer.
People — CRYSTALLEX INT’L
Harry Near appointed director.
People — BHP COPPER
Colin Palethorpe appointed senior vice-president for San Francisco; Roger Higgins appointed senior vice-president for Pacific operations.
Conference focuses on reclamation
A symposium entitled “Reclamation in the Rockies” will be held Sept. 22-25 at the Inn of the South in Cranbrook, B.C.The event is being co-sponsored by the Canadian Land Reclamation Association and th…
Mining a boon to Colorado’s coffers
Mining contributed, both directly and indirectly, a total of US$7.6 billion to Colorado’s economy in 1995, according to a recent study.In a report entitled Everything Begins with Mining — Mining and …
DIAMOND PAGE — River Ranch gets financing
A new financing will enable the operators of the River Ranch diamond mine in Zimbabwe to repay some debt.The joint-Venture company, owned equally by Toronto-based Redaurum (RRK-T) and Auridiam Consoli…
DIAMOND PAGE — Buyers pay top dollar for United Reef gems — CAR diamond project expansion continues
Toronto-based diamond producer United Reef (URP-T) has sold 1,440.5 carats of diamonds from its Mbala mine in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) for just under US$300,000.The average selling price …
DIAMOND PAGE — Serengeti Diamonds picks targets from data
Geophysical consultants for Serengeti Diamonds (SGD-V) have reprocessed data gleaned from airborne geophysical surveys flown over Tanzania by the South African firm Geosurvey between 1979 and 1981.Ser…
Brigadier explores in Hearst Twp.
An old prospect on a splay of northeastern Ontario’s Larder Lake Break will be stripped and sampled by newly listed Brigadier Gold (BRIG-C).The Benson Creek property is on Highway 624, just southwest …