St Andrew eyes open pit at Hislop
Drilling by St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) has outlined what could evolve into an open-pit gold deposit at its Hislop property near Matheson, Ont.Fifteen core holes sunk in the previously discovered Wes…
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Acquisition strengthens Etruscan’s hand
Etruscan Resources (EET-T) has signed a US$6.75-million deal with Ashanti Goldfields (AHD.U-T) and Iamgold (IMG-T) to acquire the partners’ equally held Saoura permit, situated adjacent to Etru…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Task force overlooks licensing of chemists
The Qualified Person (QP) concept in the final report of the Mining Standards Task Force expands on the “Competent Person” concept used in other countries.This concept encompasses all scientific and t…
Metallica drills porphyry project in Chile
Metallica Resources (MR-T) has encountered significant copper-gold mineralization at the El Morro porphyry prospect in north-central Chile.In the second hole of a 10-hole program that spanned 2,000 me…
Cornerstone options Newfoundland ground to major
A major copper producer plans to explore the Princess property on Newfoundland’s Bonavista Peninsula for its potential to host volcanic red-bed copper and/or epithermal porphyry copper-gold mineraliza…
Sutton, Barrick review mine plans at Bulyanhulu
Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) proposed takeover of Sutton Resources (STT-T) has forced a change in management at the latter’s Bulyanhulu gold project in Tanzania.The current project manager, Placer Dome Tech…
EXPLORATION 1999 — Ecuadorian targets high-grade properties
Ecuadorian Minerals (EMC-T) intends to raise US$2.5 million to explore three gold properties: Vetaspata in Peru; Beroen in central Ecuador; and Paccha in southern Ecuador.At Vetaspata, north of Lake T…
EXPLORATION 1999 – Orvana expands Don Mario deposit
Drilling by Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) is expanding the size of the Don Mario gold project in eastern Bolivia, near the Brazilian border.The junior encountered ore-grade mineralization in two of five rec…
EXPLORATION 1999 – Atna hits VMS-style mineralization in DR — Junior explorer adds to potential indicated by previous drilling
Early results from a planned 2,000-metre drill program in the Dominican Republic are boding well for Atna Resources (ATN-T).The first hole drilled on the San Antonio I concession encountered 0.7 metre…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Minto drills in Yukon
Drilling by Minto Explorations (MXO-V) will test newly generated targets outside known areas of mineralization at its polymetallic project 240 km northwest of Whitehorse, Y.T.The company and partner A…
Canyon considers suit against Montana — Prohibition on cyanide use deemed unconstitutional
Canyon Resources (CAU-X) is considering challenging a controversial new law in Montana that prohibits the use of cyanide in new mining projects.The fifth amendment of the U.S. constitution provides th…
Meetings (March 08, 1999)
March 9, Intertech March 9, Lakewood March 9, Mustang March 9, Ramarro March 10, Harvey Creek March 10, MacMillan March 10, Madrona March 10, Nora March 10, Stookum March 11, Braiden March 11, Enertec…