Newhawk to merge with Silver Standard
Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has agreed to acquire all the outstanding shares of Newhawk Gold Mines (NHG-T).Shareholders in Newhawk will receive one share of Silver Standard for every six shares …
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Avalon completes Big Whopper study
A prefeasibility study of the Big Whopper petalite deposit, north of Kenora, Ont., has boosted the total resource of the Separations Rapids project by 64% to 11.6 million tonnes grading 1.34% Li2O.The…
Breakwater extends Dona Rosa deposit
Drilling by Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) at its El Toqui zinc-gold mine in southern Chile has extended mineralization into areas adjacent to the Dona Rosa deposit that were previously believed to be b…
Geomaque uncovers zone at Vueltas del Rio
A brighter exploration picture is forming at the Vueltas del Rio open-pit gold project in Honduras, with the discovery of a new zone of near-surface mineralization in an area previously proposed as a …
Inco to drill at Voisey’s Bay
Drills will be back at work on the main mineralized zones of the Voisey’s Bay property this season, indicating that there may be some headway in the year-long dispute over development of the large nic…
Companies (July 19, 1999)
Adikann GoldfieldsAfrioreAlmaden ResourcesAnglo American Aquest MineralsAvalon VenturesBarrick GoldBlack Hawk MiningBreakwater ResourcesCamphor VenturesCons. Trillion ResourcesCumberland ResourcesDe B…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Gold’s survival not in doubt — Living on the hedge
Numbers don’t lie, they say, unless politicians perform some sort of black magic on them first. That being the case, the numbers underpinning the gold mining industry tell a grim story that may get a …
Falco closes Kidd smelter — 750 workers walk off the job
Falconbridge has shutdown its Kidd Creek smelter and refinery in Timmins, Ont., following a breakdown in union negotiations that prompted the plant’s 750 workers to walk off the job.Workers at the bas…
DIAMOND PAGE — Rex continues diamond hunt
With results from recent fieldwork in hand, Rex Diamond Mining (RXD-T) is preparing for an airborne magnetic survey in the Tenoumer region of Mauritania, West Africa.The company collected 3,000 sample…
Juniors plan drilling
Partners Almaden Resources (AMH-V) and Troymin Resources (TYR-M) will carry out a drill program on the Prospector Mountain gold-copper porphyry property, 240 km northwest of Whitehorse, Y.T.The proper…
DIAMOND PAGE — Bulk sampling planned
Positive results from a sampling program have prompted the Australian partner of Consolidated Trillion Resources (TLQ-T) and Nickelodeon Minerals (NKM-V) to carry out a 500-tonne bulk-sampling program…
University contest slated for 2000
The University of Toronto will host the 10th annual Canadian Mining Games next spring in conjunction with Mining Millennium 2000, which takes place from March 5-10, 2000.The games will involve teams o…