Frame thwarted at Greenfields
The Victor Smorgon Group has backed the existing directors of Greenfields Coal, an Australian coal company in which Clifford Frame’s Mineral Resources (MIC-T) holds about 15 million shares.The directo…
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Sulliden seeking Peruvian gold
Montreal-based Sulliden Exploration (SUE-M) has resumed drilling on the Las Huaquillas property in northern Peru.Sulliden completed the first phase of exploration on thecopper-gold-molybdenum project …
Normandy, Minorco back Indomin’s exploration effort
The Busang gold fraud has made life difficult for junior companies exploring in Indonesia. But persistence might pay off for Indomin Resources (IRL-V), a .TToronto-based junior which recently formed a…
Santa Cruz beefs up Lluvia de Oro mine
Drilling has boosted proven reserves at the Lluvia de Oro gold mine by nearly two-thirds, reports new owner Santa Cruz Gold (SCG-T).A 6,100-metre drill program at the mine, which is situated in Mexico…
Sahelian resumes u.g. work at Poura
Following a month’s delay due to heavy rainfall, Sahelian Goldfields (SHGI-C) has resumed underground development at its Poura gold project in Burkina Faso, West Africa.The flooded workings have been …
Int’l Curator shows Boleo to potential bidders
With a positive prefeasibility study in hand, International Curator Resources (IC-T) has opened a data room to allow potential bidders a look at the Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc deposit in Baja California…
NDT Ventures wraps up Labrador drilling
The drilling season has come to an inauspicious end for Vancouver-based NDT Ventures (NDE-V), with no economic sulphides in sight on its myriad joint-ventured projects in north-central Labrador.The co…
Canadian metal output sluggish in June
Canadian production of iron ore, refined lead and potash increased between June 1996 and June 1997. However, output of gold, silver, promary lead, zinc, nickel, asbestos and copper decreased.The stati…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Activity at Dublin Gulch in Yukon understated
In a recent story on the Dublin Gulch gold project of First Dynasty Mines (“Cornucopia eyes Dublin Gulch,” T.N.M., Sept. 1/97), you incorrectly state that this project “has been relatively inactive fo…
FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — Canadian mines led in ’96
In 1996, the number of mine openings in Canada continued to exceed closures. During the year, there were 20 openings (14 new mines and six reopenings) and 17 closures (10 suspensions and seven permane…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Rent a wreck
During the 1980s, I worked as the technical service supervisor of Eastern Canada for the explosives division of Canadian Industries Limited (CIL).The job required travelling throughout the region, whi…