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Junior companies join up in Cuba
Juniors MacDonald Mines Exploration (MMP.A-A) and Golden Hill Mining (GHMC-C) are merging their respective interests in the Golden Hill epithermal gold property in east-central Cuba.In return for Gold…
Values keep Black Swan hopeful
Drilling by Black Swan Gold Mines (BSW-T) at its Cata Preta gold prospect in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, continues to return encouraging values.Trending in a northeast-to-southwestly direction over a…
World Wide to take helm of Tselinny uranium project
Following a 5-month due diligence review, World Wide Minerals (WWS-T) has decided to assume management of the Tselinny uranium operations in north-central Kazakhstan.Under an agreement with Tselinny, …
Misty sizing up Specogna gold deposit
On British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands, Misty Mountain Gold (MGL-T) is drilling off its Specogna epithermal gold deposit in an attempt to amass sufficient data to calculate minable reserves.Dis…
COMMENTARY — Reducing diesel exhaust
The Canadian ad hoc Diesel Committee deals with issues pertaining to diesel exhaust exposure and control in mining.A major topic of discussion is the addition by the American Conference of Governmenta…
East West looks to Guyana, Asia
Vancouver-based East West Resource (EWR-V) has signed a letter of intent to acquire interests in three concessions in Guyana and a gold deposit in Kyrghyzstan.The vendor is Nelson Bunker Hunt of Dalla…
Conference to address mine diesel exhaust
The Diesel Emissions Evaluation Program (DEEP) Conference will be held Nov.6-7 at the Delta Chelsea Inn in downtown Toronto.To be hosted jointly by Diesel Controls Ltd. and Rhne-Poulenc, the conferenc…
ODDS’N’SODS — Bear-anoid
Not many field geologists who have worked in Northern Canada are unfamiliar with black bears. Although these animals are generally curious and occasionally a nuisance, it is well-known that they can b…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (October 21, 1996)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Oct.14/96 (change from previous week in brackets):Copper191,550 (-29,400)Tin9,990(0)Lead116,100(-1,000)Zinc549,625(-200)Alu…
Absolut, Eagle explore in Hungary
The Hungarian government has granted two exploration permits, situated north of Budapest, to Absolut Resources (ALR-A) and Eagle Plains Resources (EPL-A).The permits, covering 58,000 ha of unexplored …