correction
Fairstar Explorations (FFR-M) plans to carry out a bulk sample in the order of 300-400 tonnes at the Fenelon A gold project in northwestern Quebec. Incorrect information appeared in our Dec. 8-14 issu…
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Correction (December 29, 1997)
Minpro International will be the name applied to the new company formed by the merger of Oro Blanco (ORBL-C) and privately owned Minpro. The company will trade on the Canadian Dealing Network under a …
Banro cuts more gold
Banro Resource (BNRS-C) has hit another long gold intersection at its Twangiza gold project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Hole 3 hit 328 metres (from 126 to 454 metres) grading 1.64 grams gold p…
GOLD FUNDS (December 29, 1997)
Gold Funds as of December 18, 1997BGRCentralNet Value$14.70$6.12Price$10.05…
Geomaque gives boost to Vueltas del Rio deposit
Ongoing metallurgical studies have allowed Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) to increase resources for the San Juan zone on its advance-staged Vueltas del Rio gold project in northwestern Honduras.Resourc…
Placer and Cortez return to court to settle royalty claim
Placer Dome (PDG-N), Cortez Gold Mines and ECM, a private company, may soon return to court to settle their differences regarding the Pipeline deposits in central Nevada.The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court o…
Placer earns awards for Ontario mine
The Campbell gold mine of Placer Dome near Red Lake, in northwestern Ontario, has received three awards from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.Presented as part of the ministry’s Pollution Preve…
EDITORIAL — Metals demand hangs in balance — Paper Asian tigers
For much of the past decade, the mature economies of Europe and North America have taken a back seat to the outstanding growth performance of the so-called Asian tigers. Yet few perceived the structur…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (December 29, 1997)
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ExchgVolume(000s)CloseWestmin ResT122575.45Placer DomeT…
Blue Emerald explores in Nicaragua
A geochemical sampling program by Blue Emerald Resources (BER-V) has identified two anomalous trends on the Quebrada de Oro project in northern Nicaragua.The trends are believed to host numerous gold …
DIAMOND PAGE — Ashton recovers more diamonds from K91
The Buffalo Hills diamond project continues to produce impressive results.Further analysis of K91, the most recent kimberlite find on the north-central Alberta project, returned 5 macrodiamonds and 41…