PEOPLE — SERENGETI DIAMONDS (January 20, 1997)
Tim Gallagher appointed director.
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PEOPLE — SHANE RES.
Ralph Newson appointed director.
PEOPLE — SILVERSPAR MINERALS (January 20, 1997)
Noel Porter appointed director and chairman; Gary Handley appointed executive vice-president and chief operating officer; Michael Sheridan appointed executive vice-president of mining and exploration;…
BHP to resume work on Taca-Taca
Drilling is set to resume at the Taca-Taca porphyry project in Argentina’s Salta province.BHP Minerals, the operator, can earn an initial 60% interest from Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) by spending US$3…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Researcher seeks answers regarding gold-supported buck
The research for my proposal “A Gold-Backed North American Dollar’ has now reached the point where outside help is required.With this proposal, I am working to improve the idea that the government can…
Sonoma drill-tests Argentine copper-gold project
A 10-hole program of diamond drilling is enabling Sonoma Resource (SNA-V) to test the Cerro Toro project in Argentina.Believing a copper-gold porphyry system exists at depth, the junior is focusing it…
Echo Bay snaps up Kilgore remains
Echo Bay Mines (ECO-T) will acquire from Placer Dome (PDG-T) the remaining interest in the Kilgore gold project that it does not already own. Situated in southern Idaho, the project is already owned 5…
Armed conflict ends at Vista’s Bolivian mines
A group of armed miners has returned the Amayapampa and Capa Circa gold mines in Bolivia to owner Vista Gold (VGZ-T).The Bolivian government recently signed an agreement with the miners, ending a conf…
Queenston pulls gold at McBean
Two more drill holes at the McBean property east of Kirkland Lake, Ont., have intersected gold mineralization below the property’s old open pit.The drill program, being operated by Queenston Mining (Q…
Yamana Res. strikes gold at Argentine play
Drilling at the Martinetas property in southeastern Argentina has yielded significant epithermal gold mineralization for Yamana Resources (YRI-T).Two of six targets were tested, and assays for the fir…
Highlands to sell Porgera to Placer Dome
Australian-based Highlands Gold has struck a US$250-million deal with Placer Dome (PDG-T) to sell its 25% interest in the massive Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea.Highlands, formed under Papua Ne…