Western Pacific extends zone
Follow-up trenching has extended a copper zone at Western Pacific Gold’s (WPI-G) Mbetilonga porphyry copper-gold prospect in the Solomon Islands.The trenching was designed to continue testing the Hamb…
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Bruneau wraps up prefeasibility study
Montreal-based Bruneau Minerals (BRM-M) has completed a positive prefeasibility study of its calcium carbonate deposit north of Lac St.-Jean, Que.Laval-based Gostat International oversaw the study, w…
Meetings (December 07, 1998)
Dec. 8, Big HornDec. 8, Cons. Gulfside Dec. 8, Deloro Dec. 8, Genco Dec. 8, Goldbelt Dec. 8, Prime Dec. 8, Roycefield Dec. 8, Valerie Dec. 9, Artina Dec. 9, Atapa — Dec. 9, Corner Bay Dec. 9, Kobex D…
EDITORIAL & OPINION – COMMENTARY — Markets deter African investment
Investments in African mineral projects have fallen off, the chief reason being diminished confidence in emerging markets prompted by the collapse of the Asian market and current political and economi…
SETTING NEW STANDARDS — Investor protection key to new guidelines
Higher disclosure standards among several changes advocated It was the stated goal of the Mining Standards Task Force to “enhance investor protection.” The mineral industry has debated the new proposa…
SETTING NEW STANDARDS — What’s at stake
Mining’s survival tied to public confidence and acceptance Statistics are poor tools for telling the story of mining’s enormous contribution to Canada. Numbers have little romance, and few Canadians a…
Ecuadorian options Vetaspata gold property
Ecuadorian Minerals (EMC-T) has encountered high-grade gold mineralization at its newly acquired Vetaspata prospect in southeastern Peru.The company can acquire the 47-sq.-km property by paying US$186…
Index (December 07, 1998)
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SETTING NEW STANDARDS — ‘QP’ concept clarified
Speakers at the recent Setting New Standards conference in Toronto worked hard to show that the rules governing “Qualified Persons” create neither a closed shop for mineral exploration work nor a mine…
Madison tables Mt. Kare estimate
Madison Enterprises (NMP-V) has tabled an initial resource estimate for the Mt. Kare gold deposit in Papua New Guinea.The project is owned 65% by Madison and 25% by Matu Mining, a wholly owned subsidi…
CIM looks at Antamina
The Antamina copper-zinc project in Peru will be discussed at the next luncheon of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, to be held at 12 noon on Dec. 10 at Toronto’s Ontario Clu…
Adrian pulls values from Picuda — Junior also poised to assume control of Hyperion
Adrian Resources (ADL-T) and partner International Skyline Gold (SK-T) have unveiled encouraging results from drilling at the Picuda property in southern Peru.Adrian drilled 620 metres of core in a 6-…