EDITORIAL PAGE — Learning from the past
The abuses of Spain’s conquest and exploitation of South and Central America serve as a cautionary lesson for present-day developers, according to Oscar Arias Sanchez, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and f…
News
Cornucopia project portfolio features gold targets in Nevada
The winter months were not idle ones for Cornucopia Resources (TSE), which made substantial progress on several of its principal projects. Chief among these is the wholly owned Mineral Ridge, formerly…
Arlo drilling in Panama
Junior Arlo Resources (VSE) has commenced diamond drilling on two properties in Panama. At the Oro del Norte copper-gold concession, 110 km west of Panama City, six holes are being drilled in a 1,000-…
Goldcorp drilling intersects gold
During a preliminary drill program on the lower levels of the Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario, Goldcorp (TSE) uncovered two promising gold discoveries. The first was found between levels 30 and …
OBITUARY — Gordon Plaskett
Longtime mining executive Gordon Plaskett died recently in Peterborough, Ont. He was 76. Plaskett served as president of Canadex Resources and Santa Maria Mines, both of which have connections to the …
Laminco tests San Antonio
Plans to develop the Luz del Cobre copper deposit as an in situ leaching operation are on hold as Laminco Resources (TSE) evaluates the potential for bulk-tonnage gold mineralization. Luz del Cobre fo…
COMMENTARY — Galvanizing and the zinc market
Increasingly, the demand for zinc has come to rely on the galvanizing sector. According to the latest figures from the International Lead and Zinc Study Group, consumption in this sector rose by some …
Portman stakes additional claims on deformation zone
Junior Portman Explorations (VSE) has staked an additional 199 claims in northern Ontario. The claims, situated in MacMurchy, Natal, Churchill and Kelvin twps., are west of ground drilled by Portman a…
Highland Valley retains giant status
It is the second-largest copper milling operation in the world (after Chuquicamata in Chile), and recent production figures only verify the ranking. In 1994, Highland Valley Copper milled 43.48 millio…
Kennecott drills Trendline
Drilling is under way on the Trendline property in the Battle Mountain trend of Nevada. A 4-hole, reverse-circulation program conducted by Kennecott is testing geophysical targets to a depth of 500 to…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Similar geology found at East
Regarding the article “New type of gold in Canadian Shield” (T.N.M., March 6/95), I would like to draw your attention to the gold deposits within the Pontiac Supergroup at Malartic, Que., that were mi…
TSE INDICES (April 10, 1995)
— 1995 — Apr 4 Apr 3 Mar 31 Mar 30 Mar 29 High Low Composite”300″ 4251.76 4277.24 4313.61 4319.49 4299.00 4320.52 3983.34 Metals&Minerals 4148.04 4112.48 4152.24 4179.06 4145.16 4337.89 3273.56 Inte…