Anvil’s Faro pays off in earnings
Increased production at the Faro mine in the Yukon has contributed a profitable third quarter for Anvil Range Mining (ARO-T).The zinc-lead producer generated revenue of $54.9 million and earnings of $…
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QPA conference to discuss mineral potential of Quebec
The 22nd annual conference of the Quebec Prospectors Association will be held at the Confortel Hotel in Val d’Or from Sept. 11-13.Entitled “Exploration Marches on in Quebec,” the conference will featu…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Drilling resumes at Afema project
Drilling at the Afema gold project in Ivory Coast continues to produce solid results for Eden Roc Mineral (EDN-T).Five drills are working on the property’s Ayame, Toliesso, Kadio and Aniuri zones to c…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Quebec’s James Bay region draws junior gold-hunters
Much of the gold exploration news coming from Quebec is being generated by projects in the volcanic belts in the James Bay region, roughly 300 km north of Matagami.Small in comparison to the greenston…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Rhodes drills in Slovakia
Australian-based Rhodes Mining (RHO-V) is one of several juniors from Down Under to help fund foreign exploration ventures by listing on the Vancouver Stock Exchange.The company is currently drilling …
Radioactive waste to be main focus of international Winnipeg conference
An international conference on the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste will be held at the Westin Hotel in Winnipeg, Man., from Sept. 16 to 19.Co-sponsored by the Canadian Nuclear Society an…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Laverton wants to pour first gold by Christmas
By Christmas of this year, Laverton Gold (LAV-V) expects to pour its first gold bar from the Rawas project on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.Construction is well under way, with plant commissioning …
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Kazakhs to boost gold production
Kazakhstan produced about 14.9 tonnes of gold last year and government officials are pushing to boost production to 50 tonnes by the year 2,000.Interfax News Agency reports that the program to boost p…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Verdstone, Stirrup drills Victorine
A program of reverse-circulation drilling is under way at the Victorine gold mine property, a past producer 18 miles southeast of Austin, Nev.Joint-venture partners Stirrup Creek Gold (SGU-V) and Verd…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Madagan reports production
The Madagan region of Russia sent more than 1.5 tonnes of gold to refineries in the first half of 1996, reports Interfax News Agency. The region is the second-largest producer of the yellow metal in t…
ODDS’N’SODS — Flight of the Polish geologist
One summer’s morning in 1963, the chief geologist at Ontario’s Madsen Red Lake gold mine informed me that I was to locate the drill casing from a hole drilled 20 years previous and that the spot in qu…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Arian Resources chases pot of gold in former U.S.S.R.
While many of the large, undeveloped gold deposits in the former Soviet Union will have to dig deep into the pockets of a major in order to move forward, several junior companies are succeeding in acq…