Armed conflict ends at Vista’s Bolivian mines
A group of armed miners has returned the Amayapampa and Capa Circa gold mines in Bolivia to owner Vista Gold (VGZ-T).The Bolivian government recently signed an agreement with the miners, ending a conf…
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Echo Bay snaps up Kilgore remains
Echo Bay Mines (ECO-T) will acquire from Placer Dome (PDG-T) the remaining interest in the Kilgore gold project that it does not already own. Situated in southern Idaho, the project is already owned 5…
Sonoma drill-tests Argentine copper-gold project
A 10-hole program of diamond drilling is enabling Sonoma Resource (SNA-V) to test the Cerro Toro project in Argentina.Believing a copper-gold porphyry system exists at depth, the junior is focusing it…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Researcher seeks answers regarding gold-supported buck
The research for my proposal “A Gold-Backed North American Dollar’ has now reached the point where outside help is required.With this proposal, I am working to improve the idea that the government can…
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Wollastonite demand at record levels
The production of wollastonite has doubled over the past decade, and demand is likely to grow, according to a report released by a London-based firm of mineral market analysts.Roskill Information Serv…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — AfriOre uncovers pipes on Botswanan property
Toronto-based AfriOre (AFO-V) has uncovered three large kimberlite pipes at its 57%-owned Kokong West property in Botswana.The discovery was made while the junior was drill-testing geophysical targets…
NEWS IN BRIEF (January 13, 1997)
Highbright Minerals (HBI-V) has changed its name to Frontier Pacific Mining (FRP-V).
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Shore and Rio drill kimberlites at Fort la Corne
At the Fort la Corne property in Saskatchewan, five holes drilled to test geophysical targets have intersected kimberlite.Partners Shore Gold (SGF-A) and Rio Nevada Mines (RN-A) report that caustic-fu…
Gold price continues to tumble
Gold prices dropped to 3-year lows in early January, hitting a London spot price of US$356.60 per oz. on Jan. 8, down $12.80 from Dec. 27, 1996.The tumble comes after spot prices peaked above US$400 p…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Interference by Indonesian gov’t reminiscent of NEP
A paragraph in your editorial on Bre-X Resources, Barrick Gold and the Indonesian government, entitled “Hardball or spitball?’ (T.N.M., Dec. 9/96), represents an unbelievable zenith of naivete on your…
La Chicharra returning gold for Geomaque
The latest round of drilling on the Chicharra gold target in Mexico’s Sonora state has returned encouraging results for Geomaque Exploration (GEO-T).The Chicharra lies 2.5 km northwest of the company’…