Just over a year after announcing plans to purchase a 100% interest in the Table Mountain gold property, Cusac Industries (VSE) has finalized an agreement with owner Energold Minerals. The purchase in…
More than 4,400 delegates attended the 1993 annual meeting and exhibit of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration hosted by this self-proclaimed “Biggest little city in the world.” Theme of…
Toronto junior Vega Explorations (CDN) has optioned its gold property in Jacobson and Riggs twps., northeast of Wawa, Ont., to Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE). Under the terms of the agreement, Hemlo Gold can …
A $200,000 exploration program is under way at La Reyna project near Mazatlan, Mex., Aurizon Mines (TSE) reports. The work involves cutting grid lines, taking soil samples, mapping and re-logging of o…
Alberta-based nickel refiner Sherritt Gordon (TSE) plans to acquire more natural gas assets this year after a show of strength with its recent acquisition of Canada Northwest Energy (CNW). “Most of ou…
The Tak feldspar mine in northeastern Thailand began operations in December, Siam Trading (ASE) reports. Siam, which has a 45% interest in the project, says the deposit contains reserves of about 11 m…
Arizona-based Magma Copper (NYSE) has announced record production of 768 million lb. copper at a net cash operating cost of 66 cents per lb. in 1992. President Burgess Winter told a recent gathering o…
Contrary to what appeared in the Feb. 15 issue of The Northern Miner, permitting and economic studies are under way for the main Pipeline gold deposit in Nevada. This advanced project is held by the C…
With the intersection of polymetallic mineralization in two more holes on its Lewis Ponds project in Australia, Tri Origin Exploration (TSE) has calculated a preliminary reserve estimate of 1.5 millio…
I worked as a mine geologist at M.J. Boylen’s Key Anacon mine in New Brunswick for a year in the mid-1960s. In late 1965, I took a leave of absence for one month. When I reported back to work, Boylen …
Assay results are expected shortly from a drill program by Eurus Resource (VSE) on the Albino concession in the Kilometre 88 area of eastern Venezuela. The property is a joint venture with Crystallex …
The cobalt content of metal concentrates produced in Canada in 1992, as reported in the statistical tables, is 2.2% higher than in 1991. However, the worth of the 1992 production, $136.9 million, is 7…
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