RFC program boosts Pend Oreille
Underground exploration by RFC Resource Finance (TSE) is enhancing the overall potential of the Pend Oreille project in northeastern Washington state, about 100 miles from Spokane. After incorporating…
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Detector drills Pistol Lake zone
Junior explorer Detector Resources (ASE) has completed a 4,590-ft. drill program on its Pistol Lake property, 55 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont. Previous work identified anomalous gold values over a 2…
Cambior follows yellow brick road
For the fifth year in a row, Cambior (TSE) has increased the level of its gold output. The Montreal-based company cranked out 522,077 oz. in 1994, compared with 518,083 oz. in the previous year. The o…
Pamlico returns gold values
Significant gold values have been encountered on the Pamlico property in Mineral Cty., Nev. VSE-listed partners Cactus West Explorations and Pamlico Gold report that drill hole PRC-28, at the northern…
Diamond Fields reports new Voisey Bay results
Results are now in from the last three holes drilled at Diamond Field Resources’ (TSE) Voisey Bay nickel-copper project on the northeastern coast of Labrador. Early drilling (holes 94-1 to 94-4) focus…
Cuban copper project yields gold
While conducting work towards a final feasibility study on the Mantua copper project in Cuba, 50% owner Miramar Mining (TSE) identified three previously unrecognized forms of gold mineralization. One …
La Colorada turns up more gold
Stepout drilling at La Colorada, a mine property east of Hermosillo in Sonora state, Mexico, continues to return wide intersections of oxide gold mineralization. Eldorado (TSE) owns and operates an op…
Adex Mining drilling boosts Mt. Pleasant reserves
A “wildcat hole” has Adex Mining (TSE) confident that tin mineralization is continuous between two known structures at the Mount Pleasant mine property in New Brunswick. Adex is funding prefeasibility…
Copper output forecast to rise in the Philippines
The Philippine Chamber of Mines expects the country’s copper concentrate production to rise this year on the back of higher international copper prices and lower government taxes imposed on corporate …
NEWS ROUNDUP — Unit of Mazarin to close
One of three asbestos mines operated by LAB Chrysotile in eastern Quebec will be closed. The BC-Beaver unit has, of late, been unable to produce asbestos at competitive prices, which led to a decision…
Outlook favorable for antimony compounds
Demand for antimony has recovered somewhat with the general economic revival, but prospects for growth in the main markets for antimony metal are small, says research firm Roskill of London. On the ot…
Vedron seeks exploration funds for Timmins area properties
Having undergone a restructuring, which included acquiring the Buffalo Ankerite claims near Timmins, Ont., Vedron Gold (CDN) has resumed trading. The company was delisted in 1990, a few years after a …