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Craig Angus and Alfred Angus appointed directors; Scott Angus appointed president.

Ronald Parratt appointed vice-president of exploration.

Peter Barnes appointed chief financial officer and director.

At the Coleman Canyon property in Nevada, held by Aur Resources (AUR-T), seven large backhoe trenches have uncovered disseminated gold in sedimentary rock.Most of the trenches intersected multiple min…

A 10,000-ft. drill program is testing a gold discovery by Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) at its optioned Candamena project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.The property lies along the southern margin of the Oc…

Through a Mexican subsidiary, Breckenridge Minerals (BREK-C) plans to spend US$1 million exploring La Lajita, a land package in Mexico’s Durango state.Initial exploration will be focused on a surface …

With some 2,396 metres of drilling completed to date, Link Mineral Ventures (LMVL-C) has encountered silver-copper mineralization at its Pionero property in Honduras.A recent hole intersected 21.7 met…

A recent $5-million private placement will provide funds for Exploration Sulliden (SUE-M) to explore its Las Huaquillas project in Peru.The junior says it intends to use 80% of the proceeds to explore…

Exploration, including diamond drilling, is planned by Sparton Resources (SPTN-C) for a newly acquired claim group near Timmins, Ont.To acquire a 100% interest in the claims, Sparton must make staged …

The decison by Anvil Range Mining (ARO-T) to suspend mining at its Faro zinc-lead producer is attributable to a host of problems from which the Yukon operation has suffered in recent months.The closur…

Serious political unrest is failing to deter a number of North American juniors from exploring for copper and other minerals in Zaire’s Shaba province.In an attempt attempt to lock up development righ…

Montreal-based Normabec Mining Resources (NBD-M) has acquired the rights to a 613-sq.-km land package on the Chilean border in northwestern Argentina.Under an agreement with an Argentine company, Norm…