NEVADA SPECIAL — Miranda trenching at Blue Wing
Miranda Industries (MAD-V) has begun trenching at its Blue Wing gold project in Pershing Cty., Nev., and will soon begin drilling there, and at the Artesia project in Lyon Cty.Blue Wing, an epithermal…
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NEVADA SPECIAL — Canyon and Homestake eye Mountain View
In a joint venture with Canyon Resources (CYNR-Q), Homestake Mining (HM-N) is funding all the expenditures necessary to advance the Mountain View gold project through to a positive feasibility study.I…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Turnaround at Jerritt Canyon
The chairman of Minorco told shareholders at the annual meeting that a year of restructuring has resulted in a turnaround at the Jerritt Canyon gold mine in Nevada.In March 1990, Minorca acquired Inde…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Barrick invests US$1 billion in Betze-Post mine
Since acquiring the Goldstrike property in 1986, Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has paid more than US$1 billion in capital and operating costs at the Betze-Post mine.Situated in Nevada’s Carlin trend, the open-…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Hemlo explores Manhattan district
In recent years, Hemlo Gold Mines (HEM-T) has focused its Nevada exploration effort on the Battle Mountain-Eureka district, where areas with potential for sediment-hosted gold deposits have been ident…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Royalty sisters demonstrate a Midas touch in Nevada
Toronto-based partners Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) and Euro-Nevada Mining (EN-T) are well on their way to developing the Midas project into a major gold mine.Yet they have no intention of finishing th…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Rayrock thrives as Canadian pioneer in the Silver State
It is a long way from the Northwest Territories to Nevada, and this was especially true in the early 1970s when few Canadian companies ventured far from home. For Rayrock Yellowknife Mines (RAY-T), wh…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Companies eye Tonopah potential
Mining companies are paying increased attention to Nevada’s historic mining camps, including the Tonopah Divide district in northeastern Esmeralda County. The region has been the focus of exploration …
NEVADA SPECIAL — Bullion acquiring Willow property
Utah-based junior Bullion Monarch (BMRK-O) and Gold Valley Resources are acquiring the Willow gold property in the northern Carlin trend of Nevada.In addition, the partners are bringing in a Canadian …
NEVADA SPECIAL — Meikle mine under development
By mid-1996, Barrick Gold (ABX-T) expects to start preparing the first stopes for production at its Meikle mine in Nevada, leading to production late in the year.Capital costs for the new underground …
NEVADA SPECIAL — Crown gains new gold property
Crown Resources (CRO-T) has acquired the Snowstorm gold property in northern Nevada, situated at the intersection of the Carlin and Getchell trends.Since October 1995, the company has staked 3,000 cla…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Trio tests deep gold target
A recent financing of $2.5 million will enable Trio Gold (TGK-V) to continue exploration work at various projects worldwide, including a drill program at its Pipeline project on Nevada’s Battle Mounta…