Trenching has enabled partners Teck (TEK-T) and Mansfield Minerals (MDR-V) to prove up their Cerro Samenta copper porphyry property in Argentina.Initial geophysical work on the claim package identifie…
Lihir Gold (LIHRY-Q) is advancing the startup date for processing of oxide ore at its namesake mine in Papua New Guinea.Construction is nearly 40% complete, and early commissioning of the sulphide pro…
An option agreement could see the Douay West gold deposit, northeast of Joutel, Que., enter production by mid-1998.Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has signed a deal with owner Vior Mining Exploration (VIO-M), w…
Randgold Resources, the exploration arm of South Africa’s Randgold group, has acquired the Malian subsidiary of BHP Holdings (International). The deal includes a 65% stake in Syama, a large Malian gol…
Toronto-listed Great Lakes Minerals (GKM-T) has secured US$1 million in financing for its Palmarito silver-gold project in Mexico’s Sinaloa state.Repadre Capital (RPD-T) will provide the funds in retu…
The acquisition of Arequipa Resources and its Pierina gold deposit by Bar- rick Gold (ABX-T) has cast the spotlight on Peru’s mineral potential. The major is also eyeing other projects in the country,…
The local Boy Scout troop at Ontario’s Red Lake camp traditionally held their annual campout on a beach on the northern shore of Red Lake. The beach could be reached only by water, and had a reputatio…
Owner Orleans Resources (OLS-M) has hired Cambior (CBJ-T) to build Canada’s first wollastonite processing plant, in St-Ludger-de-Milot, Que.Orleans Chairman Jean-Guy Masse says the plant is expected t…
Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) and its joint-venture partner, the Quebec Crown corporation Soquem, have discovered several nickel-bearing, disseminated and massive sulphide targets at the Annic project nort…
Equal partners Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N) and Normandy Mining intend to develop the Vera-Nancy project near the Pajingo complex in Queensland, Australia.The projected capital cost of US$40 million i…
U.S. President Bill Clinton told delegates attending the recent Democratic Party convention that his administration “had saved Yellowstone Park from mining.” Next, he assured delegates that his admini…
Encouraging results have been released for four drill holes on projects operated by Black Pearl Minerals (BLKP-C) east of the Band-Ore Resources (BNDR-C) discovery in Thorneloe Twp., west of Timmins, …
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