Pattern detected at Salvadoran play
Additional drill results from the Salvadoran project known as El Dorado suggest a pattern of increasing grade with increasing depth, Mirage Resource (TSE) reports.At the Coyatera North prospect, holes…
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Illegal mining practices cause deaths at Albino mine
Illegal mining activity at Crystallex International’s (VSE) Albino gold mine in Venezuela caused the collapse of a wall in the Conductora pit.At least three miners died as a result.Crystallex expects …
Meetings (June 19, 1995)
MEETINGSJune 26, Armada GoldJune 26, AsquithJune 26, Blue RibbonJune 26, Columbia YukonJune 26, CondorJune 26, Eden Expl.June 26, Gulf Int’lJune 26, Int’l Silver RidgeJune 26, Patrician GoldJune 26, R…
Green light flashes for Briggs
Federal and state authorities have granted environmental approval to the Briggs gold project in southeastern California.Owner Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) will begin construction as soon as all other per…
Greenland attracts companies seeking Voisey Bay targets
The staking rush triggered by the discovery of the Voisey Bay nickel-copper-cobalt deposit in Labrador has spread further afield. In the North Atlantic, Canadian companies are acquiring licences on th…
Nova Scotia judge stays Westray charges
A Nova Scotia judge has stayed manslaughter charges against two former managers of the Westray coal mine where an explosion killed 26 men on May 9, 1992.The judge’s decision ended the prosecution of R…
Index (June 19, 1995)
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Adrian drilling enhances Molejon deposit
Drilling on the Petaquilla property in Panama is enhancing the potential of the Molejon gold deposit to become a stand-alone producer while development work continues on the nearby copper-gold porphyr…
Geomaque Explorations set to buy San Francisco gold royalty
Financing for the previously announced purchase of a 50% back-in option and a buy-back of a 3% royalty interest on the San Francisco gold property has been arranged by Geomaque Explorations (TSE).Geom…
Placer Dome increases Equity offer
Parent company Placer Dome (TSE) has raised its offer for all the shares of Equity Silver Mines (TSE) that it does not already own.The major is offering to buy the minority shares for 85 cents, up fro…
Hemlo options Ghanaian ground
Yet another Canadian-based gold producer has begun searching for the yellow metal in West Africa.Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) is earning a 72% share of Birim Goldfields’ (CDN) 90%-held Dunkwa gold property …
Geomaque resists merger
The management of Geomaque Explorations (TSE) is asking shareholders to resist attempts by Great Lakes Minerals (TSE) to merge the two companies, telling them their share value would drop as a result….