Ramrod forms JV at Damoti Lake
Consolidated Ramrod Gold (TSE) will sell a half interest in its Damoti Lake gold project, north of Yellowknife, N.W.T., to a California-based junior.In return, Canadian American Resource will pay US$1…
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Cerro Cobre returns anomalous copper-gold
Geological mapping and sampling at the Cerro Cobre copper-gold porphyry prospect in Chile have returned anomalous values for partners Agate Bay Resources (VSE) and Demand Gold (VSE).Soil geochemical s…
Drilling under way at Dunkwa property
The first two diamond drill holes at the Dunkwa property in Ghana have been completed.Partners Birim Goldfields (CDN) and Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) are looking to correlate their diamond drill results wi…
Moss and Barrick plan to drill Koval property in Ontario
An 8-to-10-hole drill program is ready to begin on the Koval gold property in the Pickle Lake area of northwestern Ontario.Under an agreement between Barrick Gold (TSE) and Moss Resources (TSE), the l…
Golden Reward expansion in jeopardy
There’s gold in them thar ski hills. And if mining permits are not granted, that is where the gold will stay.The risk that it may prove difficult to get approval for expansion of the Golden Reward min…
General Minerals signs new deal in China
Newly listed General Minerals (TSE) has recovered from an aborted joint venture by signing its name to a new deal.Shortly after its initial public offering, the company found itself out in the cold af…
CanGold shareholders give nod to Kazakhstan merger proposal
Shareholders of Amalgamated CanGold (TSE) have approved a proposed merger with privately owned Kazakhstan Goldfields. The new company will be called Central Asia Goldfields.CanGold has asked the Toron…
Panamanian government studies Tiomin’s Cerro Colorado contract
The Panamanian cabinet is expected to ratify the contract under which Tiomin Resources (TSE) will acquire development rights to the Cerro Colorado copper deposit in western Panama.Tiomin is considerin…
Pursuit continues to drill Hinoba-an
Drilling by International Pursuit (TSE) on its Hinoba-an copper project in the Philippines continues to expand the dimensions of the A1 anomaly and Don Jose deposit.Results from six additional holes d…
Tasisuak Lake returns values
Drill results from the Tasisuak Lake property in Labrador have jostled the spirits of joint-venture partners Consolidated Magna Ventures (VSE) and Consolidated Viscount Resources (VSE).Tasisuak Lake l…
Commentary — Grassroots exploration spending on the rise in British Columbia
In 1995, three types of deposits accounted for 82% of exploration expenditures in British Columbia. These include:* gold-enriched porphyry copper and porphyry-related gold deposits; * polymetallic mas…
EDITORIAL PAGE — The next Russian revolution
Long before Mikhail Gorbachev introduced reforms that changed the political and economic structures of Russia and the former Soviet Union, there existed a nostalgia for the order and structure that ep…