Omax Resources expands holdings in Indonesia
One of several Australian-based juniors listed in Canada, Omax Resources (OXR-V), is assembling an extensive portfolio of properties in Indonesia and appointing new management to oversee exploration t…
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LITERATURE REVIEW SPECIAL — Inco names Gendron president of VBN
Nickel giant Inco (N-T) has announced that longtime Inco executive A.S.Gendron has been appointed president of Voisey’s Bay Nickel Co. (VBN), a subsidiary.Gendron will lead a new team to develop the V…
LITERATURE REVIEW SPECIAL — Getchell ups gold resource for Turquoise Ridge deposit
With the headframe up and the hoist installed at the Turquoise Ridge gold project in northern Nevada, operators are turning their attention to sinking a ventilation shaft.Getchell Gold (GGO-X) chose t…
LITERATURE REVIEW SPECIAL — Dynacor explores Acari mine
A new mill is under construction at the Acari gold project in Peru, reports Dynacor Mines (DYN-M). The crushing circuit is being tested with a 50-ton bulk sample that will enable the company to estima…
ODDS’N’SODS — Scout’s honor
The local Boy Scout troop at Ontario’s Red Lake camp traditionally held their annual campout on a beach on the northern shore of Red Lake. The beach could be reached only by water, and had a reputatio…
Wheaton hits zone at Golden Bear
A wildcat hole on the Golden Bear property in northwestern British Columbia has returned a 4.6-metre intersection grading 7.9 grams gold per tonne, report partners Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) and N…
COMMENTARY — Ontario a world leader in mine safety
The Ontario Natural Resources Safety Association (ONRSA) is an organization that promotes health and safety in the forestry, mining, and pulp and paper communities through the delivery of programs and…
Correction (September 09, 1996)
In an article on the activities of TVI Pacific and Echo Bay Mines at the Kingking copper project in the Philippines (T.N.M., Sept. 2/96), the last sentence should have read: “The company plans to test…
PEOPLE — GHK RES.
Patrick Lawless appointed director and president; Locke Goldsmith appointed director.
Canada’s first wollastonite plant under construction in Quebec
Owner Orleans Resources (OLS-M) has hired Cambior (CBJ-T) to build Canada’s first wollastonite processing plant, in St-Ludger-de-Milot, Que.Orleans Chairman Jean-Guy Masse says the plant is expected t…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Tiomin, Soquem hit nickel near Sept-Iles
Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) and its joint-venture partner, the Quebec Crown corporation Soquem, have discovered several nickel-bearing, disseminated and massive sulphide targets at the Annic project nort…
Barrick testing Diablillos
Gold-silver mineralization is evident in eight of the first 11 reverse-circulation holes drilled by Barrick Gold (ABX-T) on the Oculto zone at the Diablillos property in Argentina’s Salta province.Bar…