In northern Chile, Cyprus Amax Minerals (CYM-N) has started producing copper at the El Abra mine, seven months ahead of schedule.The first cathode was produced from the solvent extraction-electrowinni…
At its Midas property in Elko Cty., Nev., Romarco Minerals (R-T) has intersected additional gold mineralization.Earlier reverse-circulation drill holes there intersected mineralized zones with grades …
Ground movement of the pit wall at the McCoy-Cove gold mine in Nevada has prompted Echo Bay Mines (ECO-X) to remove the unstable block.The company will spend US$30 million to remove 30 million tons of…
Newmont Gold (NGC-N) has bought Quest International Resources’ (QIX-T) stake in the Tess gold property in Elko Cty., Nev.The major will gain complete ownership of the 3.5-sq.-mile property, near the R…
Nickel giant Inco (N-T) has announced that longtime Inco executive A.S.Gendron has been appointed president of Voisey’s Bay Nickel Co. (VBN), a subsidiary.Gendron will lead a new team to develop the V…
With the headframe up and the hoist installed at the Turquoise Ridge gold project in northern Nevada, operators are turning their attention to sinking a ventilation shaft.Getchell Gold (GGO-X) chose t…
A new mill is under construction at the Acari gold project in Peru, reports Dynacor Mines (DYN-M). The crushing circuit is being tested with a 50-ton bulk sample that will enable the company to estima…
In an article on the activities of TVI Pacific and Echo Bay Mines at the Kingking copper project in the Philippines (T.N.M., Sept. 2/96), the last sentence should have read: “The company plans to test…
Patrick Lawless appointed director and president; Locke Goldsmith appointed director.
A wildcat hole on the Golden Bear property in northwestern British Columbia has returned a 4.6-metre intersection grading 7.9 grams gold per tonne, report partners Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) and N…
Peter Matheson appointed president; Craig Burton and Peter Lloyd appointed directors.
Deep drilling at the Aldebaran property in northern Chile has expanded the width of the low-grade Cerro Casale gold-copper porphyry deposit.The main porphyry zone was previously estimated by partners …
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