Geophysical and geochemical work is set to begin at the Diablillos gold-silver project in northwestern Argentina. Pacific Rim Mining (VSE), which can acquire the property, notes that it has never been…
Having rebuffed several interested majors, Bre-X Minerals (ASE) intends to continue exploring and advancing several projects in Indonesia. A key project is the Busang prospect in East Kalimantan provi…
Vancouver-listed Challenger Minerals is looking to expand its property holdings. The junior is evaluating a gold property in the Battle Mountain Trend of Nevada and several large gold projects in Burk…
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $374.50 + $0.15 Silver* $ 5.21 + $0.04 Platinum* $396.75 + $3.95 Nickel** $ 2.53 + $0.15 Lead** $ 0.21 + $0.01 Copper $ 0.89 + $0.03 Zinc $ 0.42 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scot…
The letter from Houston, B.C. (“Eskay benefits belong at home,” T.N.M., March 21/94) expressed disappointment at the decision to bypass the Houston-Equity site to treat Eskay ore. I attended the recep…
As operator of the so-called Chile joint venture, Cominco Resources International (TSE) has arranged options to buy three copper exploration properties in the northern part of that country. The compan…
Up to 50 jobs have been saved at the recently closed Nova Gypsum plant in New Brunswick. Westroc Industries, Canada’s leading drywall producer, bought the business, which was placed in receivership la…
Two private Alberta companies and Franz Capital (ASE) have formed a joint venture to bring into production the latter’s Kingfisher marble deposit near Enderby, B.C. Kingfisher has drill-indicated rese…
The shares of International Platinum Corp. (IPC) plunged 87 cents from its pre-halt high of $1.20 following release of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s findings from an investigation into the company’s Ar…
One of Canada’s foremost applied exploration geochemists, Stanley Hoffman, has died in Vancouver from chronic diabetes. He was 47. A native of Montreal, Hoffman graduated in geology from McGill Univer…
The three partners in the Louvicourt base metal project in northwestern Quebec do not appear to be in complete agreement as to the size of current reserves. Preliminary reserves at the project, set to…
Adrian Resources (TSE) and its largest shareholder, Min- America, recently joined Panamanian dignitaries to inaugurate El Cope Park, situated next door to Adrian’s Petaquilla property. The dedication …
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