Soup project canned in British Columbia
Based on results from this year’s drilling program, Vital Pacific Resources (vpr-v) has decided not to carry out a second phase of drilling at the Soup gold-copper property in northern British Columbi…
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People — TENKE
Rudolf Mueller appointed director.
People — PARAMOUNT VENT.
Adrian Lungan appointed president; Paul Conroy appointed chairman; and Colin Orr Ewing appointed director.
People — BLACK HAWK
Ian Shaw appointed vp of finance and chief financial officer.
High Desert Minerals rolls in royalty interests
High Desert Minerals (hdr-v) has entered into a non-arm’s-length letter of intent to merge with Royal Hal, SLH and Gold Trend — private companies owned by Sean and Lee Halavais.The Halavaises are the…
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John Grubb appointed senior vice-president for Zimbabwe.
DIAMOND PAGE — Winspear recovers diamonds at Camsell
Winspear Resources (wsp-v) has recovered diamonds from holes drilled into a complex kimberlite breccia at the Camsell Lake project in the Northwest Territories.The first hole drilled on a geophysical …
Exhibition focuses on Zimbabwe
The mining potential of Zimbabwe will be the focus of an exhibition to be held in Harare from Nov. 10 to 13.Entitled, “Zimine ’97,” the conference will showcase the African country’s burgeoning minera…
May output down for most primary minerals
Canadian production of iron ore and potash increased in May, compared with the same period last year. However, output of gold, silver, lead, zinc, nickel, asbestos and copper was down.The statistics s…
NEWS IN BRIEF (August 11, 1997)
NCC Mining (NC-V) has changed its name to BMA Mining (BMA-V) on a 1-new-for-7-old-share basis.
DIAMOND PAGE — Namco incurs quarterly loss
British-based Namco (nmr-t) incurred a loss of just over$3 million for the year ended May 31, 1997.The company continued development of its sea-floor diamond project off the coast of Namibia, which is…
DIAMOND PAGE — Archon expands search for kimberlite targets
Under the direction of Stewart Blusson, Archon Minerals (acs-v) is broadening its search for diamondiferous kimberlites in the Northwest Territories by forming alliances with several junior companies….