Patrician Gold tests Forest Reef
Drilling by Patrician Gold Mines (ASE) continues to intersect gold in the Forest Reef horizon, leading to a re-interpretation of the geology of the Ikungu Peninsula property in Tanzania. Hole 94-8, dr…
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Positive trenching results at Libertad gold property
The Nicaraguan gold property La Libertad could be richer than previously thought. Results from 19 trenches completed by Greenstone Resources (TSE) on the Cerro Mojan zone reveal a steeply dipping vein…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Serengeti eyes Kenyan gold
One of the first North American-based companies to take an interest in Kenya’s gold potential is Serengeti Diamonds (VSE), a Toronto-based junior best known for its diamond exploration projects in Tan…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — ZCCM to sell Chambishi mine
The Chambishi copper mine and associated assets are being offered for sale by Zambia’s state-owned copper miner ZCCM. According to Platt’s Metals Week, tender advertisements will soon invite bidders t…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Kinross working to expand
Gold output at the Zimbabwean operations of Kinross Gold (TSE) is poised to increase, as a new tailings retreatment plant nears completion at the Blanket mine and underground exploration at the Golden…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Ghana’s Ashanti belt famous for
The following are excerpts from a paper co-authored and presented by A.H. Mumin at a recent seminar on the geology and mineral deposits of the West African Shield. The seminar was sponsored by the Uni…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Mutual positions itself in West
The chairman of Mutual Resources (VSE) says “Ghana was a sleeper.” Tony Frizelle believes the West African nation, thanks to events triggered elsewhere in Africa and South America, is set this decade …
Results encourage Rio Narcea Gold
Gold mineralization continues to be intersected at Rio Narcea Gold Mines’ (TSE) El Valle and Boinas projects in northern Spain. A fourth phase of stepout drilling on Boinas intersected a new zone of m…
William to buy interest in Velardena
A wholly owned subsidiary of William Resources (TSE), Bharti-Lammanen, has signed a share purchase agreement allowing the company to buy a 40% interest in BLM Minera Mexican from Minorca Resources (VS…
MINING IN AFRICA SPECIAL — Mincor in production at
Management of Mincor Resources of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., is hoping this year to boost the annual rate of production at its Monarch gold mine in Mozambique to 25,000 oz. The company, created recently thr…
NovaGold reworks subsidiary’s loan
An agreement-in-principal calls for the restructuring of an outstanding loan of $1.9 million owed by a wholly owned subsidiary of Nova Gold Resources (TSE). The loan was incurred by Murray Brook Resou…
Sterling Pacific drills Nevada play
Junior Sterling Pacific Resources (VSE) is drill-testing four anomalies on its newly acquired Monarch-Zim gold properties near Reno, Nev. Besides the 10-hole program of 2,500 ft. now under way, Sterli…