RTZ-CRA options Yanacocha
In northern Peru, RTZ-CRA (RTZ-N) and Solitario Resources (SLR-T) have struck a deal whereby each company will explore a property held by the other.RTZ-CRA can earn a 60% interest in Solitario’s 155,0…
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DIAMOND PAGE — Chivor produces more gems
Toronto-based Chivor Emerald (CHIV.U-C) has produced an additional 1,100 carats of emeralds from its Oriente mine in the Chivor district of Colombia.The emeralds are being mined from a vein system 15 …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Miner avoids sensationalism
I would like to echo the comments made by Jean-Pierre Thomassin in his recent letter to the editor (T.N.M., April 21/97). The Northern Miner’s coverage of the Bre-X Minerals saga has been absolutely t…
DIAMOND PAGE — TNK drills kimberlites at Gope
Toronto-based TNK Resources (TNKR-C) has drilled into two kimberlite pipes on its wholly owned Gope prospect in the Kaapvaal craton of central Botswana.The company drilled two holes, spaced 50 metres …
Energold forms JV with Treminco
Treminco Resources (TMO-T) is the latest in a growing number of companies that have entered into joint ventures in the Dominican Republic with Vancouver-based Energold Mining (EGD-V).Treminco intends …
LME WHSE LEVELS (May 12, 1997)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at May 5/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium792,625(-9,475)Copper148,925(+7,850)Lead113,950(-550)Nickel50,316…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Head in the sand
I have been a subscriber to The Northern Miner for about four years and I am appalled at the pathetic reporting on International Precious Metals (T.N.M., April 28/97).It is obvious that The Miner has …
DIAMOND PAGE — Cypango walks from Afridi Lake
Diamond explorer Cypango Ventures (CAV-V) has dropped its option to earn a 51% interest in the Afridi Lake property in the Northwest Territories.During a drilling program last spring, Cypango intersec…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Eldorado the beautiful, Part 1
Franz Johnston, one of Canada’s Group of Seven painters, had a love of the Canadian north and spent the winter of 1938-39 painting at a remote mining camp above the Arctic Circle.In late 1938, mining …
DIAMOND PAGE — SouthernEra tests lake targets in N.W.T.
Northeast of Camsell Lake, at the Mackay-Back Lakes diamond project in the Northwest Territories, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is drill-Testing high-priority geophysical targets.Six key kimberlite-in…
DIAMOND PAGE — Rovic may be resuscitated
Botswana Diamondfields (BWO-V) is considering resuming production at its idle Rovic diamond mine in Botswana following an accident last year, which killed 20 workers.The company says mining of the rem…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED (May 12, 1997)
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