In the past few years, the Yanacocha district, high in the Andes of northern Peru near the town of Cajamarca, has been the site of a flurry of activity. One of the highlights was last October’s openin…
The search for a large-tonnage, porphyry copper-gold deposit is expected to continue on the Soup and Kli claims in north-central British Columbia. Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) is earning a 51% interest in t…
Kilborn Engineering Pacific has updated its 1994 prefeasibility study for the Petaquilla and Botija deposits being advanced by Adrian Resources (TSE) in Panama. Recent work on the property has led to …
The mining industry had been lobbying for measures that would allow companies to defer tax on the earnings in Mine Reclamation Trust Funds until withdrawn for reclamation purposes. The budget did not …
Since optioning the Cerro Corona project in Peru in early 1994, Barrick Gold (TSE) has drilled more than 200 holes and carried out extensive metallurgical testing, environmental baseline work and infr…
The author, who while working in Alaska decided one winter to try his luck in Mexico, continues the story of his prospecting adventure in the mining state of Sonora. Now events entered a most trying s…
Players continue to shy away from the ailing Vancouver Stock Exchange. The composite index closed down 4.03 points at 694.76, while the resource index finished up 2.84 points at 1,108.20 for the repor…
Drilling has resumed at the Voisey Bay project in Labrador, a nickel-copper-discovery described by mining analysts as one of the most significant Canadian base metal discoveries of recent times. The d…
The president of large gold producer Placer Dome will address the March 8 luncheon meeting of the Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM). John Willson will …
A positive response to the recent federal budget led the Toronto Stock Exchange to post a moderate gain over the 5-day reporting period ended Feb. 28. The composite 300 index jumped 22.96 points to cl…
Several gold zones were recently discovered by Arauco Resources (VSE) on its wholly owned properties in south Chile. The junior says all 149 samples, taken over two-metre intervals from zones A and B,…
Consolidated Bonanza Metals (CZT:ASE) has changed its name to Mincor Resources (CZT:ASE) on a share-for-share basis.
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