Partners scratch gold potential of Dogpaw Lake
A first-phase program, budgeted at $500,000, will test the gold potential of the Dogpaw Lake property in the Kenora district of northwestern Ontario.Houston Lake Mining (HLM-A) holds an option to acqu…
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KWG Resources poised to take over Far East Gold
With a little help from its parent company, KWG Resources (KWG-T) has initiated a takeover bid for Far East Gold (FEGI-C).St. Genevieve Resources (SGV-T), the controlling shareholder of both KWG and F…
Milagro and Geomaque to merge
Milagro Minerals (MLG-V) and Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) have agreed to merge their operations.Milagro shareholders will receive one Geomaque share for every four shares of Milagro held. On completi…
Hecla inks deal with Santa Fe for Rosebud
Hecla Mining (HL-N) and Santa Fe Pacific Gold (GLD-N) will develop the Rosebud gold-silver deposit, 50 miles west of Winnemucca, Nev.Under a 50-50 joint-venture agreement, Hecla will operate the high-…
Cambior buys stake in Zappa
With financing in place, exploration will finally begin in earnest on a portfolio of Ecuadorean gold properties assembled more than three years ago by Zappa Resources (ZPA-V).Cambior (CBJ-T) has agree…
CIM to shed light on Huckleberry
The Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum will host a presentation on Princeton Mining’s Huckleberry copper-molybdenum-gold-silver project, which is situated nea…
Mines minister promotes Ontario at Minexpo trade show
A delegation led by Ontario Mines Minister Christopher Hodgson attended the recent Minexpo ’96 trade show in Las Vegas, Nev.Hodgson and representatives of mining equipment manufacturers promoted the a…
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Westmin goes west at Wolverine
Drilling on the Wolverine polymetallic deposit in southeastern Yukon is expanding the mineralized zone to the west, and, moreover, the zone appears to be thickening.Operator Westmin Resources (WMI-T) …
EDITORIAL PAGE — The winds of change
In August of 1946, South African mine workers demanded and won a minimum wage of 10 shillings per day, which, to the best of our reckoning, works out to about $2. Then, in August of 1987, unionized mi…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Diavik partners report promising values
Partners Kennecott Canada and Aber Resources (ABZ-T) are encouraged by the latest drill results from their Diavik diamond project near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories.A single, large-diameter…
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