Quebec plans review of investment practices
In the wake in the Bre-X Minerals scandal, the three major organizations that represent the mining sector in Quebec have banded together to re-evaluate mining investment practices in that province.The…
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ASIAN EXPLORATION — Exploration on the rebound in PNG — Yamana revisits deal with Union Mining
According to foreign-based juniors active in Papua New Guinea, the recent political turmoil in that country is subsiding, as are the associated adverse affects on early-stage exploration programs ther…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Untruths surround Tulsequah Chief
The David Suzuki Foundation has gone too far in its blind opposition of Redfern Resources’ Tulsequah Chief mine, a project the organization publicly attacked before the company had even completed its …
ASIAN EXPLORATION — Vietnamese laws lure junior financing — Canadian firms show newfound interest
In 1995, foreign investors poured an estimated US$750 million into Vietnam, largely as a result of a series of free market reforms. And yet, despite this and other other economic improvements (diminis…
ASIAN EXPLORATION — Colony forges ahead in Indonesia
Like many Canadian juniors exploring in Indonesia, Colony Pacific Explorations (CYX-T) is struggling to withstand the fallout created by the Bre-X Minerals scandal.The company’s share price has taken …
ASIAN EXPLORATION — Steppe Gold expands presence in Kazakstan — Focuses on oxide resources in Central Mizek and Suzlik deposits
At the same time that it works toward completing a feasibility study on the heap-leach potential of its 59%-held Mizek gold project in Kazakstan, Steppe Gold Resources (SPE-V) is acquiring other joint…
ASIAN EXPLORATION — Birch explores in West Kalimantan
Calgary-based Birch Mountain Resources (BMD-A) has received its sixth-generation contract of work for mineral exploration on more than 600,000 ha in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.Singapore-based Indochin…
Banro resumes work program
Toronto-based junior Banro Resource (BNRS-C) has withstood the political sea-Change in the former Zaire and is now preparing to explore its gold properties purchased during the Mobutu regime.”We’ve so…
Delgratia stung by salting
Another scandal rocked the mining industry this week as Delgratia Mining (DELGF-Q) reported that someone had tampered with samples from its Josh property in Nevada.Situated south of Las Vegas, the 9,0…
New estimate boosts resource at Cerro Casale
A new resource calculation has added 2.6 million oz. gold and 1.2 billion lb. copper to the Cerro Casale porphyry copper-gold project, situated in north-Central Chile.The property is held by Arizona S…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Reporting of reserves deemed irresponsible
Although the details of the Busang affair will be emerging for a long time to come, recent weeks have seen a flurry of belated checking by writers and analysts, much of which should have been done las…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS/A.E. ALPINE — Blue Quartz reverie
Following the Porcupine gold strike in Ontario in 1911-12, prospectors staked claims all along the Destor-Porcupine fault line in the province’s north.Two prospectors working on a narrow quartz vein n…