Minoro drilling tests skarn zone in Honduras
Drilling on the Minoro project in Honduras appears to be extending a skarn zone of copper-gold mineralization. The property is owned jointly by Champion Resources (CHL-V), Mar-West Resources (MSR-V) a…
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NEVADA SPECIAL — Lago Resources acquires claims near Amax’s Sleeper gold mine
Toronto-based Lago Resources (LAGO-CDN) reports that its 10 claims in northwestern Nevada are situated in a geological environment favorable for the occurrence of epithermal gold mineralization.The la…
NEVADA SPECIAL — FirstMiss finds more gold to extend Getchell operation
While exploration at the Turquoise Ridge deposit in northern Nevada has turned up enough gold mineralization to warrant a production decision, the property’s mineral potential has yet to be fully appr…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Nevada mine key to Granges’ growth
The Hycroft open-pit, heap-leach mine, 60 miles west of Winnemucca in northwestern Nevada, is key to the growth strategy of Granges (GXL-T).The company’s mission is to find, acquire, develop and opera…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Coeur’s Rochester reaches milestone
The 10-year-old Rochester mine is the largest primary silver producer in Nevada’s history, having just passed a production milestone of 50 million oz.The mine, operated by Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDE-N),…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Quebec juniors look to Nevada opportunities
Val d’Or-based junior Brex Exploration (BX.A-M) has started drilling its Carlin trend property in northern Nevada.Geophysical surveys reveal significant anomalies on northeast- and northwest-trending …
NEVADA SPECIAL — Scientists study disseminated gold deposits
Scientists say more work is required before they can gain an understanding of the genesis of the sediment-hosted, disseminated deposits that comprise a major portion of gold production and reserves in…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Aur to follow up at Coleman Canyon
Aur Resources (AUR-T) will carry out more drilling on its Coleman Canyon property, 100 km north of Elko, Nev.Drilling last year intersected 117 metres grading 0.7 gram gold per tonne and another 6 met…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Trio tests deep gold target
A recent financing of $2.5 million will enable Trio Gold (TGK-V) to continue exploration work at various projects worldwide, including a drill program at its Pipeline project on Nevada’s Battle Mounta…
NEVADA SPECIAL — Crown gains new gold property
Crown Resources (CRO-T) has acquired the Snowstorm gold property in northern Nevada, situated at the intersection of the Carlin and Getchell trends.Since October 1995, the company has staked 3,000 cla…
NEVADA SPECIAL — NEWS IN BRIEF (June 03, 1996)
Oil City Lubricants (OCL-V) has changed its name to Thunder Sword Resources (THU-V) on a 1-new-for-5-old-share basis.
NEVADA SPECIAL — Meikle mine under development
By mid-1996, Barrick Gold (ABX-T) expects to start preparing the first stopes for production at its Meikle mine in Nevada, leading to production late in the year.Capital costs for the new underground …