A 400-metre program of diamond drilling is under way on the Aija gold prospect in central Peru.Rio Amarillo Mining (VSE) is drilling seven holes in an effort to test a geochemical anomaly. Spot sampli…
Having raised $500,000 through a private placement of 1 million shares, Altavista Mines (ME) is ready to begin drilling its Santa Anna gold property in northwestern Quebec.A 50-hole program of definit…
Encouraging gold and silver values are contained in initial drill results from the Yurani project in Colombia.Procoloro Resources (ME) reports that seven holes have been drilled, and that assay result…
The thickest massive sulphide intersection yet encountered at the Eastern Deeps area of the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt deposit in Labrador has prompted Diamond Fields Resources (TSE) to project…
Americomm Resources (OTC) recently acquired a copper prospect in the Lisbon Valley area in southeastern Utah.The property consists of 105 lode claims and two state leases near the Lisbon Valley copper…
Barrick Gold (TSE) can earn a 60% interest in CDN-listed Oroperu Resources’ El Toro gold project in north-central Peru.Situated in the Huamachuco gold district, the 12,590-hectare project is the junio…
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists has awarded its Maurice Ewing Gold Medal to geophysicist Harold Seigel, chairman of geophysical instrument manufacturer Scintrex.Seigel was cited “for his pion…
A newly formed junior company will explore the Darnley Bay gravity anomaly, on the Arctic coast, 250 miles east of Inuvik, N.W.T.Darnley Bay Resources has secured the exclusive right to explore a land…
Production permits are in hand for the Mt. Nansen gold-silver project in the central Yukon, reports BYG Natural Resources (TSE).The Department of Indian Affairs & Northern Development has recommended …
A McMaster University study has shown that certain workers in Ontario’s nickel mines and mills are more likely to contract various respiratory-tract cancers than the rest of the population.The United …
On Jan. 25, a talk on “Highland Valley Copper: Past, Present and Future” will be given at the Stanley Park Pavilion in Vancouver, B.C.The Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallur…
Medical services were well-planned during the gold rush to Ontario’s Red Lake camp in 1926. There were a doctor and two nurses, who operated out of a small tent hospital in town, as well as two Red Cr…
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