Improved mineral prices sent companies with low-risk, fast-return projects back to work in British Columbia last year, causing a moderate upswing in activity. The 1994 review of the provincial Ministr…
Expansion is planned for three projects held by Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) in northwestern Quebec. Mine development work on the No. 2 shaft at LaRonde division, near Val d’Or, Que., is moving forward, w…
In the mid-to-late 1980s, the mineral potential of Papua New Guinea (PNG) captured the imagination of exploration companies in Australia and elsewhere. Indeed, at one point, more than 18% of the count…
A workshop titled “Giant Ore Deposits II: Controls on the Intensity of Hydrothermal Mineralization Associated with Orogenic Magmatism” is planned for April 25-27 at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont. …
Having completed a 23-hole drill program on its Palmarito silver-gold project in Sinaloa state, Mexico, Great Lakes Minerals (TSE) estimates a geological resource of 2.6 million tonnes grading 0.3 gra…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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lobbying for measures that would allow companies to defer tax on the earnings in Mine Reclamation Trust Funds until withdrawn for reclamation purposes.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 …
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