Alaskan conference highlights Klondike
The centenary of the discovery of the Klondike gold fields in the Yukon will be celebrated during the 15th Biennial Conference on Alaskan Mining in Fairbanks.The conference, entitled “Mining in the No…
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Bre-X says Busang may hold 30 million oz.
Continued drilling by Bre-X Minerals (ASE) on its 90%-owned Southeast zone at the Busang gold project has prompted a company official to speculate the property may hold more gold than originally thoug…
OBITUARY — Louis Philip Eckman
Louis Philip (Phil) Eckman, a Winnipeg-born mining engineer, has died. He was 77.Mr. Eckman graduated from geology at the University of Manitoba in 1938 and from mining engineering at Queen’s Universi…
Forum to explore land use issues
Land use and entitlement will be the focus of a national forum on resource development and management on First Nation territories, scheduled for April 14-17 in Calgary.The forum, to be chaired by Chie…
Canyon completes financing for Briggs
Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) has received all major permits and secured financing for its Briggs gold mine in southeastern California.The company raised US$44 million to finance mine construction and rec…
Royal Oak boosts Timmins resource
A year of drilling by Royal Oak Mines (TSE) has elevated the preliminary resource at the Night Hawk Lake properties to 1.4 million oz. gold.The properties, which cover a 46-sq.-km area straddling the …
NEWS IN BRIEF (January 22, 1996)
Jazzman Ventures (IJV:VSE) and Oro Belle Resources (ORS:VSE) have amalgamated. The new company name will remain Oro Belle Resources (ORS:VSE).
Namco recovers diamonds in Luderitz
Following an encouraging bulk-sampling project at Hottentots Bay, off the coast of Namibia, Namco (VSE) continues to experience good fortune. At Luderitz, 215 diamonds were recovered recently from a s…
Black Pearl set to drill Voisey A.
Once permits are in hand, Black Pearl Minerals (CDN) and Hebron Fjord Resources (ME) will drill their Voisey A property in Labrador.Hebron Fjord has a 60% undivided interest in Black Pearl’s propertie…
METALS COMMENTARY — Metals analyst provides little joy for silver buffs
Silver prices are not expected to improve over the short term, according to metals analyst Richard Hajdukiewicz, vice-president of commodities for J. Aron & Co, the commodities division of the investm…
Rea Gold, American Res. propose corporate merger
By mid-May of this year, Rea Gold (TSE) and American Resource (NASDAQ) expect to merge into a single entity that would have minable gold reserves of about 1.7 million oz.Under the terms of a recent ag…
Arequipa Resources reports gold discovery at Pierina prospect in northwestern Peru
Exploration of the Pierina gold property in the Ancash province of northern Peru is returning solid gold values for Arequipa Resources (TSE).Subsurface sampling is testing a zone of disseminated gold …