PEOPLE — DAKOTA MINING (July 03, 1995)
Gerald McCarvill and David Birkenshaw elected to the board of directors.
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Draft EIS submitted for Crown Jewel mine
The long-awaited environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Crown Jewel gold mine in Washington state has finally been received.The 1,000-page document, prepared over a period of three years, is the…
Zamora intensifies work in Ecuador
Junior explorer Zamora Gold (CDN) will embark on a second round of core drilling on its Mina Real concession in southern Ecuador.Within the 5,066-hectare concession area, an exploration program planne…
Drills set to turn at DKO property
Drilling will begin shortly on the DKO gold property near Kirkland Lake, Ont.Findore Minerals (CDN) and its joint-venture partner, International Homestead Resources (VSE), aim to intercept at depth th…
Ecuadorian Minerals options Chaucha play
Toronto-listed junior Ecuadorian Minerals (EM) can acquire a 65% interest in the Chaucha property in southern Ecuador.The 5,100-hectare property, held by Ag Armeno Mines and Minerals (VSE) and Ecuador…
PEOPLE — BOLIVAR GOLDFIELDS
Miguel Angel de la Campa appointed president and Mauro Coppola appointed senior vice-president and director.
Exall and Betchel ink deal
Betchel and Exall Resources (TSE) will carry out a feasibility study at the latter’s Santo Tomas copper-gold project in Mexico’s Sinaloa state.The deposit, currently estimated to contain 7.4 billion l…
Great Lakes to focus on Lluvia de Oro mine
Now that its proposed merger with Geomaque (TSE) has been derailed, Great Lakes Minerals (TSE) intends to focus on doubling its gold production by bringing into production the Lluvia de Oro project in…
ODDS’N’SODS — Canada, the sublime
From the Pacific to the Atlantic, from the 49th Parallel to the frozen Arctic — every inch of this vast country is precious, if only we took the time to contemplate its sublime and majestic terrain.L…
Science Council supports metrology
The Science Council of British Columbia is supporting the development of a third module in Matrix Consultants’ series on Metrology in Mining and Metallurgy.The software modules consist of a large set …
Geophysicists honor Keen
Charlotte Keen of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) was awarded the Wilson Medal at the recent annual meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) in Banff, Alta.The medal, named for J. Tuzo Wi…
COMMENTARY — A better climate for mining
The Standing Committee on Natural Resources submitted nine key recommendations to the government last fall in order to strengthen the Canadian mining industry.These recommendations were not reflected …