Contractor signed for Greenstone’s Santa Rosa
A contractor has been hired to carry out open-pit mining at Greenstone Resources’ (TSE) Santa Rosa gold mine in west-central Panama. Brown & Root is moving men and equipment to the site in preparation…
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LAST BUT NOT LEAST — Ramrod options Lovie property
An option agreement with Santa Fe Pacific Mining (NYSE) gives Consolidated Ramrod Gold (TSE) the right to earn a 50% interest in the Lovie gold property in Lander Cty., Nev. In consideration for the i…
LAST BUT NOT LEAST — Princeton loss mounts
A drop in copper prices and the resulting shutdown of mining operations at its Similco copper mine in British Columbia left Princeton Mining (TSE) with a 1993 loss of $24.8 million on revenues of $47….
LAST BUT NOT LEAST — Vauquelin drills two Quebec plays
Two exploration programs have been completed by Vauquelin Mines (ME) on the company’s wholly owned Fourax and 85% owned Bloc-Ouest/Nordeau properties. A $70,000 drill program totaling more than 2,300 …
Minefinders financing Dolores exploration
Vancouver-listed Minefinders will complete a private placement of 500,000 units at $4.20 each. While the financing has yet to be approved by regulators, each unit is to consist of one common share and…
Trillion raises about $7.2 million
Alberta-listed Trillion Resources has issued more than 2 million warrants for gross proceeds of almost $7.2 million. Each special warrant, priced at $3.50, is redeemable for one Trillion common share …
Sunshine gets lease for Virginius mine
Silver-miner Sunshine Mining (NYSE) has entered a mining lease with Revenue Virginius Mines for the Virginius mine in southwestern Colorado. The mine, now closed, produced more than 14.5 million oz. s…
Vior, Soquem drill Douay N.W.
Junior Societe d’exploration miniere Vior (ME) and the Quebec Crown company Soquem report additional drill results from the Douay North-West property near Joutel, Que. Three holes — 94-09, 94-10 and …
ODDS’N’SODS — Tram lines did their job
The tram line was a most effective system for transporting ore, supplies and personnel between the mine and the mill in bygone days. Usually, they were used at inaccessible mine sites or if the cost o…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Criticism is not warranted
I was amazed by the article “Asbestos report is challenged” (T.N.M., March 7/94) and concluded that possibly your staff is biased on the asbestos controversy. You have cited a group of “professors” fr…
Workshop focus on recycling
Toronto will be the site, May 5 and 6, of the Sustainable Development and Recycling Workshop, the first in a series scheduled during the next three years. The workshops are part of an agreement signed…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Studies by GSC support presence of
I wish to clarify statements published in The Northern Miner regarding Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) research on gold and associated mineralization in the Fort MacKay region of northeastern Albert…