USMX encouraged at Illinois Creek
With the summer field season in full gear, USMX (NASDAQ) is enjoying some success at its Illinois Creek project in Alaska.A recent angle hole, 95-24, intersected 35 ft. (true thickness) grading 0.88 o…
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Birchwood seeks base metals
Having concluded agreements to acquire interests in three properties in Quebec and Norway, Birchwood Ventures (VSE) intends to begin its international search for base metal deposits.In Norway, Birchwo…
PEOPLE — JNR RES.
Dale Hoffman appointed president and director; T. Parker, Geoffrey Vantreight and Beverley Hoffman appointed directors.
PEOPLE — ELDORADO (August 21, 1995)
Ronald Manners appointed director.
Noranda to test SX-EW at Gaspe
Solvent extraction-electrowinning technology (SX-EW) will be applied to stockpiled copper oxide ores at Noranda’s (TSE) Gasp mine in Quebec.The company will spend $4 million constructing a pilot plan…
PEOPLE — DUNLAP
Murray Sinclair, John Hite, David De Witt, Ian Wright and Maureen Luck appointed directors.
PEOPLE — COEUR d’ALENE (August 21, 1995)
Michael Tippet appointed senior vice-president of exploration and new business development.
PEOPLE — CARSON GOLD (August 21, 1995)
Myron Goldstein appointed chief operating officer.
PEOPLE — BMR GOLD (August 21, 1995)
David McKay appointed director.
PEOPLE — BLACK SWAN
Ian MacFarlane Gray appointed director.
ODDS’N’SODS — The value of hindsight
About 2 billion years ago, when this planet was still a chilling, uninhabitable place, a precambrian stream laden with uranium-rich gravels emptied into a lake or inland sea just north of what is toda…
Gold report published in U.S.
The U.S. Bureau of Mines has published a 197-page report on the outlook for gold mining throughout the world.The publication features an in-depth discussion on geology, gold reserves, and mining and t…