EXPLORATION ’95 — Cyprus exploring Southwin
Having made its 1995 option payment, Cyprus Canada will continue exploring Noble Peak Resources’ (ASE) Southwin gold project in the Northwest Territories. Later this year, Cyprus will carry out a US$4…
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EXPLORATION ’95 — Provincial grants used to expand
Mining and exploration companies in British Columbia took advantage of grant incentives offered by the provincial government to expand exploration and mine development in 1994. Information released by…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Ministry official replies to
I am writing to address the concerns expressed by Al Gourley (T.N.M., Feb. 20/95) regarding the recent decision of Ontario’s Mining and Lands Commissioner in the matter involving R.A. MacGregor. The p…
Newmont pouring more gold in Peru’s Yanacocha district
In the past few years, the Yanacocha district, high in the Andes of northern Peru near the town of Cajamarca, has been the site of a flurry of activity. One of the highlights was last October’s openin…
EXPLORATION ’95 — Hemlo works Soup, Kli claims on west
The search for a large-tonnage, porphyry copper-gold deposit is expected to continue on the Soup and Kli claims in north-central British Columbia. Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) is earning a 51% interest in t…
Updated study for Adrian’s Petaquilla
Kilborn Engineering Pacific has updated its 1994 prefeasibility study for the Petaquilla and Botija deposits being advanced by Adrian Resources (TSE) in Panama. Recent work on the property has led to …
Budget blues
The mining industry had been lobbying for measures that would allow companies to defer tax on the earnings in Mine Reclamation Trust Funds until withdrawn for reclamation purposes. The budget did not …
EXPLORATION ’95 — Majors eye gold, copper properties of
During the past several months, Peruvian Gold’s (VSE) team of geologists has carried out regional and detailed studies which identified four gold-copper porphyry targets within the company’s wholly ow…
EXPLORATION ’95 — New type of gold in Canadian Shield
A gold occurrence in metasedimentary rocks at Greywacke Lake in Saskatchewan’s La Ronge district bears many similarities to Tarkwa and other important gold deposits in West Africa. This is the conclus…
Tan Range farms out Tanzanian gold plays
Junior Tan Range Exploration (ASE) has optioned two of its Tanzanian gold concessions to Chadstone, a company working with Lion Mining Finance of London, England. One of these, the 36-sq.-km Kabahelel…
Met tests by Boleo deemed positive
Metallurgical scoping tests on copper-cobalt mineralization from the Boleo project in Baja California, Mexico, are providing encouragement for International Curator Resources (TSE). The company is ear…
Queenstake gains ground in Uruguay
An option to acquire an 80% interest in Davinco S.A. gives Queenstake Resources (TSE) exposure to nine properties comprising more than 29,000 hectares in Uruguay. Davinco acquired title to the concess…