Study gives thumbs-up for Eskay Creek mill
Construction of a gravity and flotation mill would add 30,000 oz.gold-equivalent annually to the the Eskay Creek mine in northwestern British Columbia, according to a feasibility study.”The milling pr…
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Greenstone to boost capacity at San Andres
Consistently encouraging drill results have prompted Greenstone Resources (GRE-T) to double its projected gold production capacity at the San Andres heap-leach operation in western Honduras.The proper…
Royal Oak hits high grade at Copperstone property
High-grade gold and Royal Oak Mines (RYO-T) don’t often appear in the same sentence. But that may change, if ongoing exploration continues to deliver results similar to those encountered at the compan…
EXPLORATION 1997 — South Atlantic teams with Boliden to explore gold prospects in Baltic Shield
Partners South Atlantic Resources (SCQ-V) and Swedish mining giant Boliden plan to list a joint-venture exploration company on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, in connection with a public offering this s…
EXPLORATION 1997 — Golden Regent explores in Slovakia
Exploration is being carried out on Slovakian properties held equally by Golden Regent Resources (GRR-A) and Profile Resources (PFI-A).An engineering firm has been evaluating the Dubrava and Jasenie g…
EXPLORATION 1997 — Minera Rayrock hits high grade at Catalina
Exploration aimed at testing areas between known deposits has paid off handsomely for Minera Rayrock (MRN.A-T), a Toronto-based junior which recently discovered a high-grade copper orebody at its prod…
Placer rejects Crystallex claim to Las Cristinas property
Gold giant Placer Dome (PDG-T) has flatly rejected Crystallex International’s (KRY-T) recent claim that it has rights to La Cristinas, a proposed open-pit gold mine in the Kilometre 88 region of Venez…
EXPLORATION 1997 — Softrock plans drilling in Greenland
As soon as spring weather allows, Softrock Petroleums (STZ-A) will resume its exploration of diamond and nickel-copper-cobalt targets in West Greenland.Early this year, the Calgary-based junior releas…
EXPLORATION 1997 — Redbird program tests King Bay
An exploration program is under way at the King Bay gold property on Sturgeon Lake in northwestern Ontario, reports Redbird Gold (RDB-A).The King Bay property was previously explored by a number of co…
EXPLORATION 1997 — Cream acquires Manitoba properties
In the 1980s, the British Columbia government put an end to a junior company’s exploration effort near the H-W polymetallic mine on Vancouver Island by expropriating the property and turning it into a…
Conference to focus on latest exploration technology
A conference on geophysical and geochemical exploration technology will be held from Sept. 14 to 18 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.Entitled “Exploration ’97: The Fourth Decennial Conference on…
EXPLORATION 1997 — Costa Rican work pays off for Lyon Lake
Sampling by Lyon Lake Mines (LLL-M) at the Canamazo concession on Costa Rica’s Beta Vargas gold property has revealed five areas of gold mineralization.Recent results have enabled Lyon Lake to identif…