Placer walks away from Kazakh gold project
The collapse of an agreement that would have seen a restructuring of the ownership of the Vasilkovskoye gold project in northern Kazakhstan has resulted in Placer Dome’s (TSE) withdrawal from the join…
News
Study identifies next crop of nickel mines
The Voisey Bay and McCreedy East deposits in Canada, and the Loma de Hierro deposit in Venezuela, have been identified as “outstanding” mine projects for development in a study by CRU International.Th…
Odds ‘n’ Sods — Little Johnny: An unsung hero remembered
On my trips up north, I try to keep in touch with various of the now-old-timers with whom I worked in the Timmins camp of Ontario during the 1930s and ’40s. Lately, however, there have been fewer pers…
Canadians killed in helicopter crash
An M18 Soviet helicopter chartered by a subsidiary of Cameco recently crashed in the Tien-Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, killing all on board.The Kyrgyz Air helicopter was carrying 12 passengers and th…
PEOPLE — REDBIRD GOLD
Henry Knowles appointed chairman; John Wahl appointed director, president and vice-chairman; Donald Fraser appointed director and vice-president of business development; Dallas Davis appointed directo…
PEOPLE — PHELPS DODGE (October 16, 1995)
Robert Swan elected vice-president and secretary.
PEOPLE — PENN-GOLD (October 16, 1995)
Stewart Jackson appointed director.
PEOPLE — NEW WESTWIN (October 16, 1995)
Ken Berscht appointed director.
PEOPLE — MINAMERICA
Richard Fifer, Julio Benedetti, Gustavo Dahlgren, Roberto Brenes, Chet Id- ziszek, Juan Pardini, Javier Carrizo, Samuel Finkielsztein, Luis Moreno ap- pointed directors.
PEOPLE — LITHOS
Michel Page appointed chairman.
Triton constructs mill in Nicaragua
At a cost of US$6.6 million, Triton Mining (TSE) has constructed a 1,000-ton-per-day mill at its Limon gold mine in Nicaragua.The new circuit consists of a semi-autogenous grinding ball mill combined …
Cominco eyes Southwestern’s Peruvian properties
South of the ancient Peruvian city of Cuzco, Cominco (TSE) will work to acquire half of a zinc-lead play currently owned by Southwestern Gold (TSE).To earn its interest in the Accha property, Cominco …