Partners boost resource at Meliadine East
Toronto-listed partners Comaplex Minerals and Cumberland Resources have re- assessed the Meliadine East deposit.The property, 15 miles north of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T., now has an indicated geological re…
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Correction (March 25, 1996)
A report on Stellar Gold’s (VSE) agreement to acquire two nickel properties in the Philippines incorrectly stated the terms of the acquisition.Stellar will issue 1.5 million shares to the vendors to e…
Meetings (March 25, 1996)
April 1, Rembrandt Gold — general, extraordinaryApril 2, Madrona — annual, general, specialApril 2, Mark Resources — annual. 2:20 p.m. The Westin Hotel, Britannia Room, 320, 4th Avenure S.W. Calgar…
DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Ashton, Soquem ink deal in Quebec
Together, Vancouver-based Ashton Mining of Canada (TSE) and Quebec Crown company Soquem will explore for diamonds in Quebec.The two firms have signed a joint-venture agreement regarding 185,000 sq. km…
Mink finds pipe in West Africa
Follow-up test-pitting on a geophysical anomaly at the Kenieba concession in Mali, West Africa, has confirmed the presence of a kimberlite pipe.Mink Mineral Resources (VSE), which holds a 49% interest…
Placer Dome options Goldstack
Sphinx Mining (VSE) has announced that Placer Dome (TSE) has made a joint-venture offer on the Goldstack property, owned equally by Sphinx and Consolidated Goldstack International Resources (VSE). The…
OBITUARIES — Arthur Honsberger
Arthur Hess Honsberger, former chief engineer of the Howey gold mine near Red Lake, Ont., has died. He was 90.After earning a mining and metallurgy engineering degree from Queen’s University in 1927, …
ODDS’N’SODS — Peckish in the bush
In the halcyon days before the Great Depression there was no shortage of summer jobs in the mining industry, and, as a second-year geology student at the University of Manitoba in 1929, I was looking …
Gold Funds (March 18, 1996)
Gold Funds as of March 7, 1996BGRCentralNet Value$23.18$6.77Price$19.00$6.875Discount18.05%1.6%Value$181,266,000$124,432,688…
Band-Ore extends mineralization (March 18, 1996)
Drill holes along strike have intersected more mineralization at the Thorne Twp. property of Band-Ore Resources (CDN), west of Timmins, Ont.Earlier drilling on Band-Ore’s new zone had encountered gold…
Golden Knight tests prospect in Ghana
The first phase of reverse-circulation drilling has been completed on the Abore North zone at the Oda River concession in central Ghana.Forty-five holes, comprising 3,400 metres, tested a gold-mineral…
Drill results keep HRC Development hopeful at Laguna Verde in Argentina
Junior HRC Development (VSE) is drill-testing the Nordin gold porphyry zone at the Laguna Verde property in Argentina’s Catamarca province.The highly oxidized zone is the site of a reverse-circulation…