Adex to transfer Philippine project
Toronto-listed Adex Mining is seeking shareholder approval to transfer its interests in the Asia Pacific porphyry copper project to a new company known as Tequila Copper, which will soon begin trading…
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NEWS ROUNDUP — Atna expands Yukon holdings
A polymetallic massive sulphide discovery by Cominco (TSE) has sparked increased interest in the Finlayson Lake area of southeastern Yukon. Atna Resources (TSE) recently enlarged its two claim blocks …
First cathode at Quebrada Blanca
The Quebrada Blanca mine in northern Chile has yielded its first cathode copper. Perched in the Andes at an altitude of 4,300 metres, near the Bolivian border, the mine is in the midst of completing i…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Homestead outlines DKO targets
Geological and geophysical targets have been outlined on the DKO gold property of International Homestead Resources (VSE) near Larder Lake, Ont. A program of line cutting and geophysical surveys has b…
Positive preliminary study for Petaquilla
— A preliminary feasibility study by Kilborn Engineering Pacific recommends the Petaquilla and Botija copper-gold deposits proceed to the final feasibility stage. Adrian Resources (TSE), which can ea…
First mining co-op students
The first mining co-op students recently received their diplomas as mining engineering technicians from the Haileybury School of Mines at Haileybury, Ont. A co-op system allows students to alternate a…
Nymex plans new trading centre
The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) plans to build a new headquarters and trading floor in Manhattan’s Battery Park City. The commodity futures and options exchange grew recently when the Commodi…
Cominco Res. advances garnet project
The remnants of a gold-dredging operation that ceased production about 70 years ago are providing Cominco Resources International (TSE) with the makings of a new mining operation. The company is worki…
Metre monitors concentration of carbon in adsorption tanks
The C2 meter, a self-contained carbon concentration meter which continuously monitors and controls (if required) the concentration of carbon in carbon-in-pulp and carbon-in-leach adsorption tanks, is …
ODDS’N’SODS — Hollinger’s J.R. Timmins
Noah Timmins died Jan. 23, 1936. He was the last of the original five founders of the company known as Hollinger and was president since its inception — a period of 26 years. His pioneer spirit and g…
STOCK MARKETS — Continuing diamond weakness affects western
Investors who had been turned on by diamonds in recent years continued to “tune out and drop out” in droves this past week, as it became more apparent that finding an economic diamond pipe is no easy …
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Diamond Fields, partners sign agreement
Few junior companies searching for diamonds outside North America have accomplished as much, within a relatively short time, as Diamond Fields Resources (TSE). The company is headed by Jean-Raymond Bo…