Gold forum to highlight recovery methods
The Randol Gold Forum, an international conference and exhibition on gold extraction and recovery, will be held April 22-24 at Squaw Creek, Calif.The conference will focus on improved gold and silver …
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Arimetco to restart Paradise Peak
Toronto-listed Arimetco International is moving ahead with plans to reactivate the Paradise Peak gold mine in Nevada.The company requires another two months to prepare the leach pads and recondition t…
Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium prices
Gold … London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz.394.35(394.35)394.20(395.00)396.35(396.70)398.70(398.60)400.35(400.00)Gold … Bank of Nova Scotia, noon bid/ask $US per oz.392.00-…
Clarification (April 08, 1996)
A story on the Golden Hill property in Cuba (T.N.M. April 1/96) neglected to mention that companies other than MacDonald Mines Exploration (ASE) are involved in the project. MacDonald is operator of t…
Drilling tests Schumacher property
The re-interpretation of drill cores from the Schumacher property east of Timmins, Ont., suggests the claim group may host two sets of flat-lying veins, in addition to the nearly vertical, east-striki…
Hecla hits high grade in Idaho
Four drill holes testing the expansion of Hecla Mining’s (NYSE) Lucky Friday silver mine have intersected high-grade silver mineralization beneath the adjacent Gold Hunter mine. Both projects are in t…
Cobalt the focus of conference
The Marlborough Hotel in London, England, will play host to the 1996 Cobalt Conference from May 22 to 23.Organized by the Cobalt Development Institute, the conference will explore new markets, product…
Voisey Bay Res. in Indonesia
Voisey Bay Resources (VSE) will buy a 24.5% interest in four Indonesian gold properties held by Minorca Resources (ME).As consideration, it will pay US$2 million and 500,000 of its shares.Three of the…
STOCK MARKETS — Resource stocks left behind as TSE climbs
Gold producers and base-metal miners lost ground over the report period ended April 2, while the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index moved past the 5,000-point mark. The TSE 300 composite index gai…
Eastfield and Prism plan work in Nevada
Partners Eastfield Resources (VSE) and Prism Resources (VSE) have bought the Three Hills project in Nevada.The companies paid Coeur Exploration US$320,000 for the property, which, when combined with t…
Cristinas start hinges on mining law
Though a feasibility study at the Cristinas project in Venezuela is projecting yearly output at 450,000 oz. gold at an average cash cost of US$205 per oz., Placer Dome (TSE) is waiting to schedule con…
Feasibility leads to mine reopening
Results from a feasibility study of the OK copper mine near Milford, Utah, suggest that a reopening would be viable.The use of solvent extraction-electrowinning would enable the mine to produce about …