LatinGold plans drill program
A drill program by LatinGold (LAT-T) will test the company’s newly acquired Las Golondrinas gold property in southern Colombia.The property covers a quartz-diorite stock containing gold-pyrite-quartz …
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Teck and W. Copper report mixed results from Mexico
Recent drill results from the Salvador massive sulphide property in central Mexico amount to good news and bad news for partners Teck (TEK-T) and Western Copper Holdings (WTC-V).While the follow-up pr…
N. Orion bullish on Argentine play
Assays from five infill holes at the Agua Rica porphyry deposit in Argentina continue to confirm earlier results.Situated in Catamarca province, the deposit is being explored by a 30-70 joint venture …
Fairstar releases results from Amantin
A first phase of diamond drilling on the Benso concession in Ghana has identified a gold-bearing shear zone underlying the Amantin prospect.Fairstar Explorations (FFR-M) conducted the 5-hole, 1,800-me…
Placer revives takeover plans for Highlands
Vancouver-based Placer Dome (PDG-T) has fallen back on its original plan for a hostile takeover of Australian-based Highlands Gold now that a proposed underwriting of a new company has failed.The unde…
China Clipper to evaluate ground
Ottawa-based China Clipper Gold Mines (CXX-A) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the East China bureau of the Metallurgical Industry Ministry concerning three early-stage gold properties in…
VSE juniors form exploration partnership in China
Vancouver juniors Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) and Global-Pacific Minerals (GPJ-V) have signed an agreement with the Chinese government for 3,000 sq. km of exploration concessions in province of Inner Mo…
GeoNova updates Desjardins resource
Montreal-based GeoNova Explorations (GNE-M) has updated the gold resource estimate for the Discovery zone of its Desjardins property, 45 km northwest of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que.The zone is now estima…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Leaving the nest
For years, officials of the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) have bemoaned the fact that many of its most successful junior companies have flown the nest and ended up on the big board in Toronto. The Al…
Suriname to host mining conference
The Society of Economists in Suriname has organized a conference on mineral exploration and development, to be held in the capital city of Parimaribo on Jan. 25-26.The conference will feature presenta…
OBITURARY — Hans Schreiber
Hans Schreiber, chairman and chief executive officer of the American consulting firm Behre Dolbear, has died. He was 64.Born in 1932 in Frankfurt, Germany, Mr. Schreiber emigrated to the U.S. in the s…
China to consume more copper concentrate in 1997
China is poised to become the world’s second-largest buyer of custom copper concentrate in 1997, according to a British-based metals consulting firm.Brook Hunt reports that China is believed to have i…