General Minerals hits high-grade copper
Drilling at the Escalones porphyry prospect in central Chile has encountered high-grade copper values for General Minerals (GNM-T).Results from the first drillhole suggest the deposit has the potentia…
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Ambrex reassesses Aripuana
Resampling an old drill hole has led to the discovery of high-grade gold mineralization in oxides at the Aripuana polymetallic property in northwestern Brazil.Operator Ambrex Mining (AMBX-C) reports t…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Crown Butte mulls dissolution
The saga of the expropriated New World mine in Montana is nearing its end as owner Crown Butte Resources (CBL-T) seeks shareholder approval to dissolve the company.This past summer, the company receiv…
NAME CHANGE (December 14, 1998)
Brazilian Goldfields (BGF-V) has changed its name to Brazilian International Goldfields (BZ-V) on a 1-new-for-4-old-share basis.
INAP seeks solutions to acid drainage
Six Canadian companies are spearheading an effort to help control acid drainage at mining projects.Majors Placer Dome, Inco, Noranda, Teck, Rio Algom and Falconbridge are among 17 companies that forme…
Potash gets boost in Argentina
Argentina has been chosen as the site of a branch office of the Potash and Phosphate Institute of Canada.The new office, situated in Buenos Aires, is intended to improve access to South American marke…
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Akrokeri scoffs at takeover bid
The directors of Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold Mines (AAGM-C) are urging their shareholders to resist a takeover bid by a landscaping company.Akrokeri says the offer of one share of GDL Evergreen for seven Ak…
Plata prepares for production
Junior Plata Mining (PMT-A) and Chilean-based Explodesa could begin production at their Hualilan gold project in Argentina as early as spring 1999 if an ongoing feasibility study continues to produce …
Lac des les turns a profit
North American Palladium (PDL-T) has pocketed a small profit for the third quarter as a result of improvements in costs and productivity at the Lac des les palladium mine near Thunder Bay, Ont.The ju…
Western Pacific extends zone
Follow-up trenching has extended a copper zone at Western Pacific Gold’s (WPI-G) Mbetilonga porphyry copper-gold prospect in the Solomon Islands.The trenching was designed to continue testing the Hamb…
EDITORIAL & OPINION – COMMENTARY — Markets deter African investment
Investments in African mineral projects have fallen off, the chief reason being diminished confidence in emerging markets prompted by the collapse of the Asian market and current political and economi…