ODDS ‘N’ SODS — What’s in a name?
The names of mines originate from a variety of historical and geographical sources, and have always intrigued me.Most mines assume the name of the claim on which they are situated. For example, the Em…
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Juina evaluates Brazilian properties
Newly listed Cetacean Industries (CTAE-O) and wholly owned subsidiary Juina Mining now hold the mineral rights to two diamond properties in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state.The 912 and 1000 properties compr…
EDITORIAL — Book refutes one-man salting theory — The Bre-X scam, Part II
With two Bre-X books already in the bookstores, who needs a third? We think Bre-X shareholders do, or we would never have taken on the task of writing a technically oriented account of what went on at…
Romarco cuts high-grade gold at Belnap
Romarco Minerals (R-T) is reporting more high-grade gold intersections from its Belnap claims at the Midas project in Nevada’s Carlin trend.Recent infill drilling along the Gold Crown vein produced th…
NEW HORIZONS — Treating burns with silver
Restoration of natural skin function following severe burns has long been a prime concern of military doctors. In severe cases, restoration often requires skin grafts, the success of which is not alwa…
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Zapote sized up at Guadalupe project
A prefeasibility study is evaluating a potential30,000-to-40,000-oz.-per-year gold producer at the Guadalupe de Los Reyes project in western Mexico.Having identified four epithermal gold-silver vein-b…
LATIN AMERICA — Crystallex Int’l explores properties in SE Venezuela
A legal battle to secure title to a portion of the Las Cristinas gold deposit has not slowed the pace of exploration being carried out by Crystallex International (KRY-T) at its properties in Venezuel…
Eskay Creek keeps company primed for profits
Being the owner of one of the highest-grade gold and silver mines in the world, Vancouver-based Prime Resources Group (PRU-T) is in the enviable position of being able to continue to post a profit in …
Mirandor hits more gold at Bunker Hill discovery
The second hole drilled by Mirandor Exploration (MIG-M) has returned attention-grabbing results from the Bunker Hill polymetallic discovery at the Railroad project in Nevada’s Carlin trend.Hole 2 retu…