Semafo completes scoping study
West Africa Mining Exploration (SMF-T), also known as Semafo, has received encouragement from a scoping study prepared by consultants Kvaerner Metals on the Jean-Gobele gold project in Guinea, West Af…
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Follow-up work planned for Waddy Lake
Vancouver-based Golden Band Resources (GBN-V) plans to carry out more drilling at its gold exploration project near Waddy Lake, Sask., following results from a recent 1,319-metre program. The 13-hole …
Newmont sails into black following profitable quarter — Sets record for highest gold output in U.S.
Despite a significant drop in the price of gold, Newmont Mining (NEM-N) and Newmont Gold (NGC-N) made money in the fourth quarter, and for 1997 as a whole.Newmont Mining earned US$38.6 million (or 25c…
Cominco commits to second year at Bongara
Solitario Resources (SLR-T) reports that Cominco (CLT-T) has made its second-year property payment on the Bongara zinc project in northern Peru.Solitario received US$300,000 from Cominco’s Peruvian su…
Oroperu producing at Nueva Condor
Through a Peruvian subsidiary, Oroperu Resources (ORO_-C) is producing zinc, lead, silver and gold at its Neuva Condor mine property near Lima, Peru.The Vancouver-based junior processed some 9,600 ton…
Amblin goes deep at Lyndhurst copper mine
Junior Amblin Resources(AX-A) has begun drilling the first of two 3,000-ft. holes on the Lyndhurst copper mine property, 20 miles north of Noranda’s Horne smelter in northwestern Quebec.To earn a half…
Companies (February 09, 1998)
Aber ResourcesAkrokeri-Ashanti Gold MinesAmblin ResourcesAmbrexAnglo-AmericanAsarcoAsquith ResourcesBanro ResourceBattle Mountain GoldBirim GoldfieldsBlue EmeraldResourcesCobre MiningComincoContinenta…
Meetings (February 09, 1998)
Feb. 9, Canadian OverseasFeb. 9, WilanourFeb. 10, Cotton ValleyFeb. 11, AndersonFeb. 11, Blackwater GoldFeb. 11, East IndiesFeb. 11, Premier MineralsFeb. 12, American BullionFeb. 12, Columbia YukonFeb…
PEOPLE — ACE DEVELOPMENTS (February 09, 1998)
Norman Bracht appointed director. John Miller appointed senior advisor to the board.
Mineral economics meeting set for Washington
The seventh annual meeting of the Mineral Economics and Management Society (MEMS) is scheduled for March 25-28 in Washington, D.C.The chairman of this year’s Professional Program and Meeting will be D…
Cameco refinery sets record
For the past eight years, Cameco has operated its uranium refinery in Blind River, Ont., without once experiencing a lost-time accident.In late January, company officials recognized the achievement at…
Gold production soars in former USSR
Many regions of the former Soviet Union boosted their gold production in 1997.In Kyrgyzstan, 17 tons of the yellow metal were produced, compared with just 1.5 tons in 1996. The jump was sufficient to …