Antares boosts reserves at Lady Lina
Exploration activity has led to an 18% increase in reserves and resources at the Lady Lina gold property in Zimbabwe. Antares Mining & Exploration (TSE) reports that proven and probable reserves now s…
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LATIN AMERICA SPECIAL — Bema/Amax Gold venture —
More than six years ago, junior company Bema Gold (TSE) headed off to Chile to take on a gold project which would enable it to make the transition from a small, 20,000-oz.-per-year producer to one tha…
LATIN AMERICA SPECIAL — Central America sees return of
In 1979, Nicaragua’s triumphant Sandinista revolutionary government nationalized all foreign mining operations in the country. Once again, foreign mining interests had been swept away by the turbulenc…
LATIN AMERICA SPECIAL — Canadian-led exploration boom under
Long known for its vast reserves of nickel laterite ore, Cuba is now undergoing an exploration boom for precious and base metals. Although several multinational firms are involved in the hunt (includi…
STOCK MARKETS — Mountain Province rises on diamond
Aside from selective hot spots, western markets continued to track sideways during our report period ended March 21, while gold slipped US$4 to the US$382-per-oz. level. The Vancouver Stock Exchange r…
Metal Prices — FREE MARKET (March 27, 1995)
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date March 21 March 20 March 17 March 16 March 15 Copper 2923-2924 2898-2900 2898-2899 2897-2898 2896-2897 Lead 580-581 574-575 578-579 576-5…
LATIN AMERICA SPECIAL — Construction under way at
Pre-production work began early this year at the Moris heap-leach gold project in Chihuahua state, owner Manhattan Minerals (VSE) reports. The Vancouver-based junior is constructing an open-pit operat…
Black Hawk ups reserves at Redstone
New reserves have been outlined at the Redstone nickel mine near Timmins, Ont. Owner Black Hawk Mining (TSE) calculated about 154,600 additional tons following a 25-hole drill program designed to test…
Radisson drills Breakwater property
Junior Radisson Mining Resources (ME) has completed a 10-hole drill program on the O’Brien gold property in Cadillac Twp., Que. Drilling was concentrated on several veins within the 36E zone. Of 19 in…
New discovery at Voisey Bay
“Bigger and better than Raglan.” That sums up the view of First Marathon Securities regarding Diamond Fields Resources’ (TSE) Voisey Bay nickel-copper-cobalt project in Labrador. “There is little doub…
Anvil wastes no time at Faro
In its first-quarter report, Anvil Range Mining (TSE) states that waste removal work at the Grum deposit on the Faro zinc-lead property in the Yukon is continuing ahead of schedule and below the proje…
LATIN AMERICA SPECIAL — Swannell Minerals conducts
A preliminary US$200,000 exploration program is nearing completion on the Rio Tinto copper oxide property in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Operator Swannell Minerals (VSE) can earn a half interest i…