Hudbay options VMS find
Anglo American (AAUK-Q) affiliate Hudson Bay Exploration & Development has optioned a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) discovery made by Eureka Resources (EUK-V) in central British Columbia.HudBay …
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DIAMOND PAGE — Partners change course on Baffin Island
A kimberlite cluster found on the northern end of Baffin Island, Nunavut, is likely a dud.Partners Mountain Province Mining (MPV-T) and Opus Minerals (OPUS-C), which announced the discovery earlier th…
Pacific Rim targets Luicho potential — Road construction, RC drilling planned for 2000
Ongoing surface rock sampling is enabling Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-T) to define a promising bulk-tonnage find at the Luicho gold project in southern Peru.The company has so far collected 1,600 chip cha…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Glamis Gold advances Guatemalan gold deposit
A 35-hole drill program by Glamis Gold (GLG-N) at the Cerro Blanco project in Guatemala is attempting to prove up a resource of more than 1 million oz. by year-end.Drilling by previous owner Mar-West …
EXPLORATION ’99 – RARE METAL EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — OGS confirms Pakeagama potential
Summer field work by the Ontario Geological Survey has confirmed the exploration potential of the Pakeagama Lake rare-metal pegmatite, north of Red Lake, Ont.The pegmatite system and the adjoining are…
Hebron to drill Torrecillas
Underground work by Hebron Fjord (HEF-M) has enlarged a gold-bearing breccia at its Torrecillas mine property in Peru.Channel sampling along a 24-metre drift at the end of a newly excavated ramp retur…
Corner Bay tables estimate for Alamo Dorado
Consultants for Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T) have calculated reserve figures and a pit design for the Alamo Dorado silver-gold deposit in Sonora state, Mexico, showing a minable reserve of 49.7 million…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Etruscan Resources enters final stretch at Samira Hill
The government of Niger has granted Etruscan Resources (EET-T) a mining permit for the Samira Hill project, paving the way for its emergence as the country’s first gold miner.Granting of the permit wa…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Cameco drilling Despinassy
A 6,000-metre drill program by Cameco Gold (CCO-T) will test new targets on Major General Resources’ (MGJ-V) newly expanded Despinassy gold project, 75 km north of Val d’Or, Que.Major General now hold…
EXPLORATION ’99 – NovaGold outlines targets near Pogo
NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) has identified three drill targets at the Caribou project, 40 km northwest of the promising Pogo deposit in the Tintina gold belt of Alaska.Caribou comprises about 48 sq. km…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Great Basin seeks Ken Snyder-style deposit
Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) is encouraged by results from an ongoing 50,000-ft. drill program at its wholly owned Ivanhoe property in Nevada.Situated in the Carlin trend, midway between Franco-Nevada Min…
METAL PRICES (November 29, 1999)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 23Nov. 22Nov. 19Nov. 18…