Stepout drilling starts at Diablillos
In the northwestern Argentine province of Salta, a 10,000-Metre stepout drill program has begun on the Diablillos gold-silver property of Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-V).The work, which is being supervised…
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STOCK MARKETS — Western investors cool to foreign-oriented juniors — Reward and Taseko among few that manage to buck downward trend
Western markets lost ground again over the report period ended June 17. The Vancouver Stock Exchange dropped 42.73 points to 918.59, whereas Alberta was off 62.58 points at 2,388.22.Gold Canyon Resour…
Manhattan pulls high grade in Mexico
Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) has received further encouraging results from its diamond drill program on the Candamena gold-silver property in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.A total of 10,313 me…
BASE METALS — Fairfield options Yukon properties
A staking program by Fairfield Minerals (FFD-T) has resulted in the acquisition of two properties comprising 130 claims in the Wolf Lake and Teslin areas of the southern Yukon.The land package is with…
DIAMOND PAGE — Diavik JV to evaluate diamonds
The Diavik Diamond joint venture in the Northwest Territories has begun processing an underground bulk sample of more than 3,000 tonnes of kimberlite material.The material was extracted from pipe A-41…
Birim to gain ground in Ghana
Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) has agreed to acquire from Santa Fe Pacific Gold a 90% interest in three gold licences covering most of the Bui structural belt in western Ghana.Santa Fe is a subsidiary of Ne…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — The mechanic’s apprentice
In 1934, Bill White, the master mechanic at Paymaster Consolidated Mines in Timmins, Ont., hired a young man as a machine shop apprentice.Jimmie Gregulski, a boy of Polish descent from the nearby town…
Chair appointed to Lassonde program
A former Noranda researcher and current head of the department of mining engineering at Queen’s University has been appointed chair of the Lassonde Geological and Mining Engineering Program at the Uni…
Pioneer explores Nokomis Lake
Based on recent drill results, Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) believes ongoing exploration is warranted at the Nokomis Lake gold project, 68 km northeast of Flin Flon, Man.The Vancouver-based company is earni…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Salting easy to detect, preventable
A disturbing trend seems to be developing as a result of the scandals surrounding Cartaway Resources, Bre-X Minerals, Delgratia Mining and possibly Hixon Gold and Golden Rule.Fraud or incompetence in …
TSE SHORTS (June 16, 1997)
Short positions outstanding at May 31, 1997Larger individual positions included: Barrick Gold 12,118,753, up 391,400; Ashton Mining of Canada 110,000, down 104,722; Adex Mining 106,000, down 204,000; …
TSE INDICES (June 16, 1997)
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