Inco outlines new deposit
Nickel giant Inco (TSE) has discovered a high-grade deposit near Thompson, Man. Known as Pipe Deep, the deposit is 20 miles south of Inco’s Thompson processing facilities and 1 mile from the Pipe 2 mi…
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MINING IN MEXICO — Centre provides support services
A Canadian exploration service group with Mexican professionals trained in Canada and the U.S. has set up the CANAMEX Centre in Hermosillo. There are four general categories of mining support services…
COMMENTARY — Cooling the air at Coleman
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the mine. Or drive a ventilation shaft. Which is exactly what Coleman miners did in near-record time, without incident and under difficult conditions. “It was ki…
MINING IN MEXICO — Teck hunts for Mexican treasures; opens
Having just opened an office in Guadalajara, Teck (TSE) seems determined to continue pursuing projects in Mexico. The senior company, through its Mexican subsidiary Minera Teck, has been exploring in …
Molybdenum sales projected to recover
After four years of declining demand for molybdenum, the outlook for the rest of the 1990s is brighter, with developing economies, particularly in Southeast Asia, likely to show the highest rate of gr…
MINING IN MEXICO — Geomaque developing San Francisco project
Aiming for a mid-1995 startup, Geomaque Exploration (TSE) is pushing ahead with predevelopment work at its San Francisco gold project in Sonora state. The work follows the completion of a positive pre…
MINING IN MEXICO — Exall seeks partners at Santo Tomas
Having completed a prefeasibility study on its Santo Tomas copper porphyry project in Sinaloa state, Exall Resources (TSE) is seeking partners to assist in development. “We’re currently having discuss…
MINING IN MEXICO — San Fernando prepares for major drill
Weather permitting, exploration and development drilling will soon begin at the San Fernando project in Durango state. Owner San Fernando Mining (VSE) expects to drill about 40,000 ft. in the upcoming…
MINING IN MEXICO — Placer Dome no stranger to Mexico
A new gold rush is on, not in the storied mines of the Klondike but south of the Rio Grande, in Mexico’s mineral-rich ground. Thanks to a dramatic liberalization of Mexico’s policies on the mining sec…
MINING IN MEXICO — Placer Dome focuses on Mulatos
Exploration and infill drilling are continuing at the Mulatos project in Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains. Placer Dome (TSE) acquired the property from Minera Real de Angeles in May, 1993, for US$5 mil…
Major General evaluates Hammerdown gold deposit
A preliminary evaluation of the Hammerdown gold deposit in Newfoundland recommends underground trackless mining with shrinkage stoping. The deposit, which forms part of the Rendell-Jackman property, i…
Ramrod, Atlanta outline three targets
Reverse circulation drilling on the Atlanta property in southwest Idaho has outlined three areas of gold-silver mineralization. The targets — the Tahoma mine and the East Extension and Bascom zones -…