Careers (March 15, 1999)
Wabush Mines has immediate openings at its open pit and ore dressing complex in Wabush, Labrador.Electrical SupervisorMineAs the ideal candidate, you are a certified journeyman electrician or technolo…
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Companies (March 15, 1999)
Alberta EnergyAltius MineralsAnglo AmericanArgentina GoldAshanti GoldfieldsAshton Mining of CanadaAzimut ExplorationBarrick GoldBHP DiamondsBlack Hawk MiningBoreal ExplorationBroken Hill Pr…
Pacific Rim buoyed by progress at Cofradia property in Peru
Encouraged by results from recent sampling, Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-T) is planning a drill program for its Cofradia gold property, about 300 km southeast of Lima, Peru.Sampling within …
EXPLORATION 1999 — Diamonds evaluated at Harry Oppenheimer House
Having reached a watershed diamond-marketing agreement, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) and De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRS-Q) are putting aside their past differences in the name of pragmatism.Under …
EXPLORATION 1999 — Scorpion, Aurora partners in Kalimantan
With mineral properties once worth millions now going for a song, Australian companies have been making deals with the few Canadian juniors still holding prospective ground in Indonesia.The latest all…
EXPLORATION 1999 — Hecla begins drilling in Chile
Hecla Mining (HL-N) will put down 20 reverse-circulation holes in a 4,000-metre program aimed at testing three targets on the Cacique gold property in north-central Chile.The largest of these targets …
EXPLORATION 1999 – Laguna determined to be largest producer in Costa Rica
Intent on becoming the largest gold producer in Costa Rica, Laguna Gold (LGC-T) is making rapid progress in building its Rio Chiquito mine, The company mobilized contractors in November 1998 and began…
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…
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…