Teck to conduct new study in Panama
Junior Adrian Resources (ADL-T) and Teck (TEK-T) have resolved their differences over further feasibility work at the former’s Petaquilla property in Panama.The major has agreed to complete a final fe…
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Gran Colombia takes stock of Echandia
Drilling at the Marmato property in Colombia has encountered additional gold mineralization.The discovery by Gran Colombia Resources (GRM-T) follows a 17-hole diamond drill program which spanned 4,094…
Teck identifies gold in Oaxaca state
In Oaxaca state, the Mexican subsidiary of Teck (TEK-T) has identified a gold deposit with bulk-mining potential.The 8-by-8-km concession is held by the Mexican subsidiary of International Northair Mi…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Rex Diamond’s Tongo Fields appraised
The Tongo Fields diamond project of Rex Diamond Mining (RXD-T) has yielded 18.9 million carats valued at US$175 per carat.Situated in the West African country of Sierra Leone, the project includes kim…
Nuinsco, Cambior cancel agreement
Quebec-based Cambior (CBJ-T) has left Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) alone at the Cameron Lake gold project in northwestern Ontario.The companies agreed that by forfeiting its option, Cambior is not accoun…
Cabo to buy stake in Cuban prospect
Cabo Exploration Ventures (CVE-V) intends to buy the balance of the Trinidad concession in Cuba.The vendor, Panama-based MinAmerica, has agreed to sell its 30% interest in the concession to Cabo in an…
St Andrew aims drills at Matheson gold properties
Diamond drilling by St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) may add new life to its past-producing Stock and Taylor gold properties in the Matheson area of northeastern Ontario.At the Stock property, deep drilli…
AFRICA SPECIAL — Ashanti ups stake in three mines
The government of Ghana will transfer its interests in three gold mines to Ashanti Goldfields (AHD.U-T).Ashanti will acquire a 10% interest in the Iduapriem mine, raising its stake in the operation to…
ODDS’N’SODS — Hair-raising
Upon my return to Canada following a 2-year contract in Zambia, I started work as a tunnel inspector at the Wreck Cover power project of Nova Scotia Power Corp.The project, which was about an hour’s d…
EDITORIAL PAGE — The Busang waiting game
Maybe today, maybe this week, maybe next month. That about sums up the uncertainty that shareholders of Bre-X Minerals must live with as they wait for the Indonesian government to make a decision on t…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Surveys planned for Camsell Lake
An exploration program budgeted at $1.6 million is about to begin at the Camsell Lake diamond project, 140 miles northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T.The 277,000-acre project is a joint venture between Win…
STOCK MARKETS — African plays add heat to VSE
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index was up 4.47 points at 1,199.47 over the report period ended Jan. 28, while the resource index slipped 7.05 points to finish at 2,237.03.Speculation continu…