Following its first gold pour in early December, Lyon Lake Mines (LLL-M) has entered full commercial production at its Beta Vargas open-pit gold mine in Costa Rica.The successful launch of the heap-le…
Junior Amblin Resources (AX-A) is encouraged by drill results from its Lyndhurst copper property, a past producer near Rouyn-Noranda, Que.In late March, a 1,199-metre hole was drilled in an attempt to…
Increased gold production and revenue were not enough to keep Triton Mining (TTM-T) out of the red for the year ended Dec. 31, 1997.Output at El Limon in Nicaragua, Triton’s only producing mine, jumpe…
Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) and Excellon Resources (EXN-V) have signed a letter of intent to acquire the Platosa property in Mexico’s Durango state.While no formal terms have been disclosed, Apex is exp…
Having established itself as a successful mid-tier gold producer in the western United States, Meridian Gold (MNG0-T) has now set its sights on northern Chile.The Nevada-based company is months away f…
Minefinders (MFL-T) has engaged MRDI Canada, a division of H.A. Simons, to complete a prefeasibility study on the promising Dolores gold-silver project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.The Dolores project …
Watched critically by the sabre-horned gemsbok antelopes that wander casually through this town, Namdeb Diamond and its predecessors have turned a desolate shoreline into Namibia’s biggest moneymaker….
Having successfully revived the past-producing Poura underground mine, owner Sahelian Goldfields (SHGI-C) has joined the ranks of gold producers and re-established Burkina Faso as a gold-producing nat…
Jaba (jba-a) has close a non-brokered private placement worth $208,000.A total of 1.04 million units at a price of 20 per unit were issued. Each unit consists of one common share and one share purcha…
The South Crofty tin mine in England’s famous Cornwall mining district is now closed for business.South Crofty Holdings (SFH-T) and various other parties tried to secure a long-term future for the min…
New bedfellows Boliden (BOL-T) and Westmin Resources (WMI-T) have decided to cease perations at the Gibraltar copper mine, in south-central British Columbia, by the end of 1998.The decision to suspend…
A strong performance by its 38%-owned Sadiola Hill gold mine in Mali, West Africa, propelled Iamgold (IMG-T) to profitable heights in 1997.It was the first year of operation for Sadiola Hill, in which…
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