Loubel acquires Lemoine gold property
Loubel Exploration (LBX-M) has boosted to 100% its interest in the Lemoine gold property, on the southern flank of the Chibougamau pluton in northern Quebec.For its additional 50% interest, Loubel wil…
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DIAMOND PAGE — SouthernEra advances M1 to production
Partners SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) and De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRSY-Q) have started commercial production at their M1 kimberlite project in northern South Africa.Processing of diamondiferous…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — BC land claims a contentious issue — Closed doors
Few political activities are as fraught with frustration as the negotiation of native land claims. For this reason, some governments prefer to undertake the sensitive exercise entirely behind closed d…
DIAMOND PAGE — Kimberlite from WO yields diamonds
An 82-metre-thick interval of volcaniclastic, mud-rich, indicator-bearing kimberlite, encountered near the previously tested DO-29 body on the WO claim block near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territor…
Maya expands Rio Rico prospect in Honduras
Spokane-based Maya Gold (MAY-A) is expanding the limits of a newly discovered area of mineralization in the jungles of central Honduras.The company has located two additional zones of alteration and m…
Australasian PGM sector needs dash of Fipke magic
In the mid 1980s, the man who later undertook the great geological detective work that put Canada on the world diamond map, was in the deep south of New Zealand, in conditions as cold as, but a lot we…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – QUERY — Four Applegath companies all inactive
Whatever became of the merger between Tundra Gold Mines, Oneida Resources and Golden Pond Resources?Also, what happened to Catear Resources and Villeneuve Resources? Lucian Roberts,Grand Bend, Ont.Tun…
Meetings (September 14, 1998)
Sept. 14, Camnor –Sept. 14, Cont’l Precious Minerals –Sept. 14, Int’l Taurus –Sept. 14, Tenajon –Sept. 14, Western Pacific –Sept. 15, Altagem –Sept. 15, Ascot –Sept. 15, Mazarin –Sept. 15, Med…
VenCan seeks remedy in Edwards dispute
Operator River Gold Mines (riv-t) says the Edwards mine, northeast of Wawa, Ont., sustained a loss last year. The mine’s owner, VenCan Gold (VCG-M), believes the operation generated a profit of at lea…
Minroc eyes Kanyemba
Clifford Frame’s Minroc Mines (MN-T) is acquiring a half-interest in the Kanyemba uranium-vanadium project in Zimbabwe from Toronto-based junior Cline Mining (CMK-V).Minroc will pay Cline 1.5 million …
Francisco boosts Sauzal resource
Junior Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has increased the indicated resource estimate at its wholly owned El Sauzal project in northern Mexico. The gold resource has grown by 370,000 ounces, or 12.5%, and now s…
Sea’s bounty focus of conference
The Underwater Mining Institute will hold its annual conference from Oct. 21 to 24 at the Days Inn in downtown Toronto.Technical sessions will feature discussions of diamond and metal recovery from th…