Ashton begins drilling at Cross
Ashton Mining of Canada (TSE) is proceeding with a drilling program on its Cross property, in the southwestern region of the Northwest Territories’ Slave province.Work carried out there in 1995 led to…
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FINANCING (April 01, 1996)
Stampeder Exploration — 10,000,000 shs @ $5.00 per sh.
NEWS IN BREIF
Minerva Gold Mines (MVM:VSE) has changed its name to Consolidated Minerva Gold Mines (MNV:VSE) on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis.
Stroud confirms extensions at Leckie
A drill program at the Leckie property near Temagami, Ont., has extended the strike length of the known gold mineralization to 365 from 330 metres.Ten diamond drill holes intersected mineralization wi…
No Headline (April 01, 1996)
RemingtonCreek Resources (RCR:VSE) has changed its name to Grayd Resource (GYD: VSE) on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis.
GOLD FUNDS (April 01, 1996)
Gold Funds as of March 21, 1996BGRCentralNet Value$23.04$6.83Price$19.00$7.000Discount17.53%2.5%Value$180,132,000$126,695,100…
Cristinas start hinges on mining law
Though a feasibility study at the Cristinas project in Venezuela is projecting yearly output at 450,000 oz. gold at an average cash cost of US$205 per oz., Placer Dome (TSE) is waiting to schedule con…
Feasibility leads to mine reopening
Results from a feasibility study of the OK copper mine near Milford, Utah, suggest that a reopening would be viable.The use of solvent extraction-electrowinning would enable the mine to produce about …
Amax opts out of Robertson play
After almost six years of exploration and development work on the Robertson property in Nevada’s Crescent Valley, Amax Gold (NYSE) has decided to return the project to owner Coral Gold (VSE).In 1995, …
$4.5 billion, or $43.50 per share — Inco tops Falconbridge’s bid for Diamond Fields
A rival suitor has crashed the Falconbridge (TSE)-Diamond Fields Resources (TSE) wedding. Whether Falconbridge will rise to the challenge or be left alone at the altar remains to be seen.Inco (TSE) ha…
Pacific Amber expands Indonesian presence
The signing of a memorandum of understanding to acquire 112,000 hectares in West Kalimantan marks the fourth property acquisition for Pacific Amber Resources (VSE) in Indonesia.Under the agreement wit…
Fairstar to fund Ghanaian exploration
Following exploration of its Benso concession in Ghana, Fairstar Explorations (ME) has entered into a $6.5-million agreement to fund further work.The 150-sq.-km concession is on the eastern side of th…