Asia Pacific works potash deposit
Vancouver-listed Asia Pacific Resources continues to develop the Udon Thai potash deposit near Bangkok, Thailand. The junior holds a 75% interest in the 2,333-sq.-km concession, its partners being the…
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Demand helps buoy metal prices
Physical supply, robust demand, speculation and slowly dwindling stock levels continue to underpin virgin metal prices. Producers, indicating that they see nothing to slow it down, are naturally happy…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Turning the tables
Canada’s Maurice Strong may not think of himself as an environmental extremist, but the $1-a-year chairman of Ontario Hydro sure has the folks at People for the West! worried. The Denver-based grassro…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Redbird evaluates Czech gold plays
Alberta-listed Redbird Gold is almost finished evaluating its optioned gold deposits in the Czech Republic. The due diligence is being carried out by Toronto-based Watts, Griffis and McOuat, and final…
Greater powers for OSC in works
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will receive greater powers to protect investors under a bill introduced by Ontario Finance Minister Floyd Laughren in the legislature. The Securities Amendment…
The project, 60 miles north of Yellowknife, is estimated to
Not content to rest on past successes, Monarch Resources (TSE) continues to increase gold production. The company recently began producing gold at La Camorra mine and also increased production at its …
Diabior, Garde find more gold
Montreal-listed partners Explorations Diabior and Garde, Societe d’Exploration Miniere have uncovered additional gold mineralization on their La Grande property in the James Bay Lowlands of Quebec. Tr…
Trillion drills Jena mines complex
The Jena Mines complex in Zimbabwe has undergone the first phase of a 16,000-metre program of surface drilling. Trillion Resources (TSE) says 15 holes, totaling 4,460 metres, have extended the Stump o…
Adrian sells Eskay Creek stake
By purchasing the IKS 1 and 2 claims, Prime Resources (TSE) will gain an undivided 100% interest in the rich Eskay Creek polymetallic orebody in northeastern British Columbia. Prime, which has a 50% i…
Black Hawk cuts nickel at Redstone
The first diamond drill hole at Black Hawk Mining’s (TSE) Redstone nickel property south of Timmins, Ont., has intersected significant values. Hole BH 94-1 intersected 6.79% nickel over 8 ft. from 1,0…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Armeno closes San Bartolome
Continuing operating losses at the San Bartolome mine in Ecuador have prompted owner Ag Armeno Mines & Minerals (VSE) to wind up the operation. The mine is held by a wholly owned subsidiary of the com…
NEWS ROUNDUP — New Dynacor gold zone
Montreal-listed Mines Dynacor has uncovered a near-surface gold zone at its Siscoe project near Val d’Or, Que. The zone, lying west of the Main vein, was discovered by drilling to a depth of 150 ft. T…