Queenstake options Kazakh copper projects
Toronto-listed Queenstake Resources can acquire an interest in several oxide copper projects in Kazakhstan.Queenstake can acquire a 100% interest in Resource Development Kazakh (RDK), a Colorado limit…
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China takes steps to bring order to tungsten market
China is taking steps to bring some order to its tungsten industry.The country is reported to have halted mining in order to crack down on smuggling and to prevent prices from falling.In particular, a…
Virginia, Diabior work Quebec properties
Two Montreal-listed juniors, Virginia Gold Mines and Explorations Diabior, are busily engaged in northern Quebec.The companies have concluded two option agreements with Soquem on the Eastmain Ouest an…
Summo sums ups Lisbon reserves
The reserves minable by open-pit methods at the Lisbon Valley copper project in Utah have increased to 42.6 million tons grading 0.43% copper. The overall stripping ratio is about 2.2-to-1.Summo Miner…
Greenstone busy in Latin America
Southern-oriented Greenstone Resources (TSE) predicts that, within the next few years, it will be operating three Latin American gold mines. What’s more, each mine will have reserves in excess of 1 mi…
ODDS’N’SODS — Feeling no pain in Red Lake, Ont.
Prospector Sandy McIntyre discovered and staked the McIntyre Porcupine mine in Timmins, Ont., in 1909. Seventeen years later, he joined the Red Lake gold rush, entering town on snowshoes from the rail…
STOCK MARKETS — TSE 300 makes gains as profit-taking ensues
Strength in the TSE 300 composite index accumulated in the early part of the report week ended July 18, as the leading index broke through the 4,700-point level, setting a record for the fourth consec…
Goldstream mill temporarily down
Milling operations at the Goldstream copper-zinc mine near Revelstoke, B.C., have been temporarily suspended to allow underground development to advance.Partners Goldnev Resources (VSE) and Imperial M…
Dakota reopens Stibnite mine
The Stibnite gold mine in Idaho has resumed operation, following approval from the National Marine Fisheries Service (N.M.F.S.).The open-pit, heap-leach operation is owned by Dakota Mining (TSE), whic…
EDITORIAL PAGE — The Yellowknife strike revisited
The labor dispute that divided the community of Yellowknife, N.W.T., and ended in the 1992 murder of nine miners at the Giant gold mine, is the subject of several books, either published or in progres…
Meetings (July 17, 1995)
MeetingsJuly 24, Capco July 24, Fleck July 25, Archangel July 25, Atlantic Industrial July 25, Austin Mines July 25, Firesteel July 25, Sterling Pacific July 25, Viceroy July 26, Belmont July 26, Dunl…
Glamis extends Eldorado offer
The battle for control of Eldorado (TSE) shows little sign of letting up.Glamis Gold (TSE), which launched a takeover bid for the Bermuda-based company in early June, has extended the deadline for its…