ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Eldorado the beautiful, Part 2
Between early February and late June of 1939, Canadian artist and Group of Seven member Franz Johnston completed more than 100 paintings and dozens of pencil and pastel sketches at the Eldorado mine, …
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PEOPLE — ORO BELLE — James Kelly and Michael Halvorson appointed directors.
Inter-Rock boosts reserves at Daisy mine
Successful bio-oxidation testwork on sulphide mineralization at the open-pit Daisy mine in Beatty, Nev., has enabled Toronto-based Inter-Rock Gold (IRO-T) to increase its reserve estimate for the proj…
Fairstar hits gold
Exploration at the Benso concession in Ghana has led to the discovery of a new gold zone, reports Fairstar Explorations (FFR-T).Following completion of an initial, 15-hole diamond drilling program, Fa…
PEOPLE — NEW BULLET
Stewart Behune, James MacIntyre and Jeffrey Lightfoot elected directors.
PEOPLE — MINESTAR
Daniel Lescamela appointed president and chief executive officer; Jon Stewart appointed chief operating officer; and J. McBride appointed director.
Verena Minerals intersects gold in Brazil
Toronto-based Verena Minerals (VMCO-C) has drilled several gold intersections on its Porto Nacional property in central Brazil’s Tocantins state.This first phase of drilling concentrated on areas prev…
Rea Gold to fund Bisset mine development
Rea Gold (REO-T) has raised nearly $17 million in equity financing to fund ongoing development at its Bisset gold mine, northeast of Winnipeg, Man.The private placement, which was arranged with RBC Do…
PEOPLE — MADISON ENTERPRISES (May 19, 1997)
Catherine McLeod-Seltzer and James Stewart appointed directors.
EDITORIAL AND OPINION — Better disclosure could have prevented fraud — The sting
Now that Strathcona Mineral Services has so stunningly discredited Bre-X Minerals and its Busang project, the fingers are pointing, and backs are being covered. We would do well to examine the logic o…
Pegasus posts first-quarter loss
Pegasus Gold (PGU-T) recorded a loss of US$15,000 for the recent first quarter, compared with a profit of US$13,000 for the same period in 1996.Hedging increased the company’s realized gold price to U…
PEOPLE — IRIANA
Piet Yap, Timothy Yap, Peter Guest, D. Johnson, Anton Bruinier and Ronald Shon elected directors.