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Having performed stripping and mapping, Gregor Goldfields (CDN) now plans to complete a 10,000-ft. drill program on its Marathon gold project. Surface samples from the 264-claim property, near Hemlo, …

Uranium and its uses have been controversial since the metal was first put to military use in the 1940s. Commercial use followed in the 1950s. Like gold, a lot of uranium has been mined over the years…

An industrial minerals industry based on substantial brine deposits is unfolding in Alberta. Under investigation are potential deposits scattered throughout the province, five of which have been ident…

Engineering-construction firm Bechtel reports that associations it has made in Mexico, Venezuela, Chile and Brazil have begun to bear fruit. Bill Friend, in charge of the company’s Latin America effor…

Diamond hunters in Saskatchewan and Manitoba may soon have a new target area if the latest Lithoprobe survey over the Trans-Hudson Orogenic belt confirms the presence of a new Archean-aged craton. Sei…

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Backers of the revolutionary Hydromet copper-production process are planning to build an A$8-million demonstration plant at Port Kembla, Australia. The process reportedly has the potential to extract …

Charlie Peterson will soon celebrate his 80th birthday. And while the years may have slowed him down somewhat, nothing has impeded his determination to find another mine in the heart of Ontario’s Red …

As Ed Horne said three-quarters of a century ago, “all the good geology does not stop at the Ontario boundary.” Bearing in mind the injunction, Arequipa (VSE) is horning its way into Peru along the ex…

Dundee-Palliser Resources (TSE) will buy an 11.7% interest, representing 17.5 million common shares, in MVP Capital (TSE) for 5 cents per share. A 10% convertible note will be issued for $562,500; the…

Assays of channel samples from Cathedral Gold’s (VSE) Kaburi-Eldorado project in Guyana have proved interesting. Ten trenches were used to test a 650-metre section of the 1,500-metre-long Hicks shear …

Woodridge Resources (WOR:VSE) has changed its name to Telemac Cellular Int’l on a share-for-share basis.