Westward to start program
An option deal will enable Westward Explorations (wwe-v) to earn from Cameco (CCO-T) a 51% interest in the Los Caballos property in Argentina.Cameco identified Los Caballos, which lies near the Chilea…
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DIAMOND PAGE — Afridi Lake proves barren
Drilling by Pinewood Resources (PNW-V) at a property in the Afridi Lake area of the Northwest Territories has failed to encounter any kimberlite.Prior to drilling, the Vancouver-based junior evaluated…
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Champion arranges financing
Champion Resources (CHL-V) will finance a due diligence program on its wholly owned Farim phosphate project in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, by selling a 3-million-unit, non-brokered private placement t…
LATIN AMERICA — Merger proposed for Alamos, Big Sky Res.
The management of Alamos Minerals (AAS-V) and Big Sky Resources (BKY-V) have proposed a merger.The plan of arrangement calls for Alamos to acquire all the outstanding shares of Big Sky, with the latte…
LATIN AMERICA — Drilling disappoints for Metallica
Follow-up drilling by Metallica Resources (MR-T) at its El Morro and La Fortuna projects in central Chile has yielded disappointing results. Thirteen reverse-circulation holes failed to return copper …
LATIN AMERICA — Opawica finds gold anomalies at Cura Este
Toronto-based Opawica Explorations (OPW-T) has discovered a new area of anomalous gold mineralization on its 16,000-ha Cura Este property in Argentina’s Valle del Cura district.The discovery, made dur…
GOLD FUNDS (April 26, 1999)
Gold Funds as of April 15, 1999BGRCentralNet Value$13.595.62Price$9.30$5.
NEWS ROUNDUP — NAR options titanium project
Junior NAR Resources (NRL-M) can acquire a one-third interest in a titanium deposit discovered by privately held Titanium Corp. of Canada in the Shubenacadie River near Truro, N.S.To earn its interest…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — U.S. MARKETS — Metal prices send miners soaring
The Dow Jones industrial average edged up 53.54 points, or 0.5%, during the report period ended April 20 to close at 10,448.55, as strong commodity prices lit a fire under resource companies. Miners r…
LATIN AMERICA — CaribGold aims to upgrade resource at Jacinto
Another round of drilling is under way at the Jacinto gold property near Camaguey, Cuba, a joint venture between CaribGold Resources (CG-T) and a state-owned mining company.The work is aimed at expand…
Fertilizer king PCS keeps turning a profit
While not quite matching the previous year’s stellar performance, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (pcs-t) still managed to turn a considerable profit in 1998.PCS earned US$261 million (or US$4.82 per sha…