PEOPLE — MIRAMAR MINING (November 25, 1996)
Brian Labadie appointed senior vice-president of operations.
News
Goldcorp makes new bid for Wharf Resources
Toronto-based Goldcorp’s (G.A-T) bid for subsidiary Wharf Resources (WFR-T) has received a lukewarm vote of confidence from Wharf’s independent directors following a valuation of the company.Wharf’s d…
Breakwater Resources aims to join zinc big-leagues
Having closed the acquisition of the Nanisivik mine in the Arctic, and with the Caribou and Restigouche mines slated for production, Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) expects to be the third-largest zinc p…
Eldorado raises exploration funds
Junior Eldorado Gold has completed its merger with exploration affiliate HRC Development and entered into a $91-million financing agreement.A syndicate of underwriters will buy 10 million special warr…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Table mistaken for a Knelson concentrator
The second-page photograph accompanying the story “Joe Mann’s reserves on the rise” (T.N.M., Oct. 7/96) depicts a concentrating table, not a Knelson concentrator. The table is used as a means of upgra…
Campbell Res. hits gold in Sonora
Reverse-circulation drilling has intersected gold mineralization at two prospects at the Santa Gertrudis property in Mexico’s Sonora state, as Campbell Resources (CCH-T) continues its effort to build …
Viceroy pours gold at Brewery Creek
Brewery Creek, the largest lode gold mine ever built in the Yukon, has poured its first dore bar.Owner Viceroy Resource reports that the pour consisted of 1,320 oz. of 80% gold.Situated 58 km east of …
Radisson finds free gold at O’Brien
Surface exploration by Radisson Mining Resources (RDS-M) has confirmed a zone of at least three quartz veins containing free gold at the past-producing O’Brien gold mine in the Abitibi region of Quebe…
Northern Orion drills Agua Rica
Drill results are expanding to the potential of the massive Agua Rica porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum deposit in Argentina.Situated in the northwestern province of Catamarca, the project is a 3…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — DiamondWorks explores in N.W.T
An exploration program aimed at searching for diamonds in Canada’s Northwest Territories is the first to be undertaken by DiamondWorks (DMW-V) in North America.The company can earn up to a 70% interes…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — SouthernEra tests Sugarbird fissure
Test-pitting by SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is assessing the diamond potential of the Sugarbird Northern fissure, part of the company’s Klipspringer property in South Africa.Seven test-pits, each ab…
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