Labrador find sparks Inuit interest
Management of Diamond Fields Resources (TSE) has met with representatives of the Labrador Inuit Association to discuss development plans for the company’s Voisey Bay project on that region’s northeast…
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Pacific Sentinel sizes up Casino
Junior Pacific Sentinel Gold (VSE) has released a reserve figure for its Casino gold-copper deposit in south-central Yukon. The potentially open-pit deposit hosts 119.3 million minable tonnes containi…
Rio Narcea explores Spanish prospect
Recent drilling has shed new light on the geology of El Valle, a gold project in northern Spain. Toronto-listed Rio Narcea Gold Mines now believes the Northern Block and West Breccia zones are connect…
IGR advances projects in Ghana and Idaho
Toronto-listed International Gold Resources (IGR) has advanced several of its projects in West Africa and the U.S. In Ghana, the first phase of exploration drilling, totalling 40,000 ft., has wound do…
Exploration continues at Damoti Lake
At least 3,000 ft. of drilling is about to begin on the Toy gold property, north of Yellowknife, N.W.T. Gitennes Exploration (ASE) can earn a half interest from Tanqueray Resources (ASE) by spending $…
Antares explores Lady Lina play
Diamond drilling and underground development at Antares Mining and Exploration’s (TSE) Lady Lina gold property in Zimbabwe continue to yield favorable results. The company’s efforts have focused on th…
EDITORIAL PAGE — The entrepreneurial ethic
In early 1995, eight individuals will be officially inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. They will join the group of 54 who have been honored since the Hall was established seven years ago….
EXPLORATION ’94 — Drill Program at Whistle Lake
Drilling by Noranda Exploration, a subsidiary of Noranda (TSE), is under way at the Whistle Lake property, about 80 miles north of Thunder Bay, Ont. The property, which is held equally by Internationa…
COMMENTARY — Encourage exploration now
The time for action is now, says Helene Cartier, an engineer and lawyer with gold-producer Cambior who has been speaking to industry audiences throughout Quebec on behalf of the “Keep Mining In Canada…
New discoveries at Adanac prospect
Trenching by Societe Miniere Ecudor (ME) has unearthed three gold occurrences on the Adanac project 6 miles east of Rouyn-Noranda, Que. The Nos. 2, 3 and 4 zones are part of the larger Tourmaline zone…
La Teko winds up season
With this year’s exploration program now complete, La Teko Resources (NASDAQ) has arrived at a resource estimate for its True North property near Fairbanks, Alaska. The proven and probable resource st…
EXPLORATION ’94 — Northeastern B.C. attracts exploration
Exploration activity has picked up steam in the region surrounding the Cirque (Stronsay) deposit 280 km north of McKenzie in northeastern British Columbia. Cirque, previously owned by Curragh Inc., ho…