KWG picks up Cuban properties
Two Cuban properties have changed hands in a deal signed between Republic Goldfields (VSE) and KWG Resources (TSE).Under the agreement, which still requires the approval of securities regulators, KWG …
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CIM sheds light on mining automation
The Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum is hosting a talk on automation and its impact on the mining industry.Dr. Gregory Baiden, manager of mines research a…
Construction to proceed at Tonkin Springs
Construction permits are in hand for the Tonkin Springs heap-leach gold project in central Nevada.The project is owned 60-40 by NASDAQ-listed partners Gold Capital and U.S. Gold. (Gold Capital, in tur…
Mineral economics meeting set for Montreal in March
The fifth annual conference of the Mineral Economics & Management Society (MEMS) will be held in Montreal, March 28-30, 1996.The title of the conference is The Mineral Industry: Responding to the Glob…
STOCK MARKETS — Markets turn upward but golds are thumped
The Toronto Stock Exchange recovered from the previous week’s slight decline, posting a gain of 43.30 points or 1%, closing Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 4,515.60.The TSE posted most of that gain on Friday in …
Sullivan wins mine rescue competition
Thirteen teams competed in the 1995 International Western Regional mine rescue competition, held recently in Fernie, B.C.The Cominco Sullivan team was the overall winner in the underground events, whi…
Int’l zinc conference in February
The fifth annual International Zinc Conference will convene in Palm Springs, Calif., Feb. 25-28, 1996.The event is being sponsored by the American Zinc Association, which is offering a full-day sessio…
Chinese copper surplus unlikely to affect import demand in ’96
Expansions at Chinese smelter-refinery operations will increase demand for imported copper in 1996, says a Brook Hunt report.The mining and metal industry consulting firm predicts that China will have…
Alaska’s Fairbanks district still holds promise for Freegold
Junior International FreeGold Mineral Development (VSE) is poised to resume drilling on its Tolovana property near Fairbanks, Alaska.Meanwhile, the latest results from the first round of drilling on t…
DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Lytton and New Indigo pull more diamonds from N.W.T.
At the jointly held JD/OD claim block of Lytton Minerals (TSE) and New Indigo Resources (ASE), large-diameter drilling has recovered about 20 tonnes of material from 11 holes drilled to date.The drill…
Cambior fleshes out Reyna copper-gold play
Further work on the Reyna property, 30 km southeast of Mazatlan, Mexico, has outlined a geological resource of 33 million tonnes grading 0.5% copper and 0.4 gram gold per tonne.Cambior (TSE) is earnin…
Altai claims copper-gold find
The Peruvian operating unit of Altai Resources (TSE) has acquired a copper-gold porphyry deposit in the southwestern department of Arequipa.The title to three of the five claims has, however, been cla…