Trillion drills Jena mines complex
The Jena Mines complex in Zimbabwe has undergone the first phase of a 16,000-metre program of surface drilling. Trillion Resources (TSE) says 15 holes, totaling 4,460 metres, have extended the Stump o…
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Diabior, Garde find more gold
Montreal-listed partners Explorations Diabior and Garde, Societe d’Exploration Miniere have uncovered additional gold mineralization on their La Grande property in the James Bay Lowlands of Quebec. Tr…
The project, 60 miles north of Yellowknife, is estimated to
Not content to rest on past successes, Monarch Resources (TSE) continues to increase gold production. The company recently began producing gold at La Camorra mine and also increased production at its …
Greater powers for OSC in works
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will receive greater powers to protect investors under a bill introduced by Ontario Finance Minister Floyd Laughren in the legislature. The Securities Amendment…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Redbird evaluates Czech gold plays
Alberta-listed Redbird Gold is almost finished evaluating its optioned gold deposits in the Czech Republic. The due diligence is being carried out by Toronto-based Watts, Griffis and McOuat, and final…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Turning the tables
Canada’s Maurice Strong may not think of himself as an environmental extremist, but the $1-a-year chairman of Ontario Hydro sure has the folks at People for the West! worried. The Denver-based grassro…
Demand helps buoy metal prices
Physical supply, robust demand, speculation and slowly dwindling stock levels continue to underpin virgin metal prices. Producers, indicating that they see nothing to slow it down, are naturally happy…
Asia Pacific works potash deposit
Vancouver-listed Asia Pacific Resources continues to develop the Udon Thai potash deposit near Bangkok, Thailand. The junior holds a 75% interest in the 2,333-sq.-km concession, its partners being the…
Black Pine drilling extends zone
A drilling crew at the Black Pine project in east-central Idaho has delineated more than 16,000 ft. of mineralized strike length. Property owner Formation Capital (VSE) has identified 13 zones along t…
Positive feasibility study for wollastonite project
A positive feasibility study has been completed on Orleans Resources’ (ME) wollastonite property in St. Onge Twp., Que. Kilborn Tecsult of Montreal carried out the study, which incorporated the result…
Labrador find sparks Inuit interest
Management of Diamond Fields Resources (TSE) has met with representatives of the Labrador Inuit Association to discuss development plans for the company’s Voisey Bay project on that region’s northeast…
Pacific Sentinel sizes up Casino
Junior Pacific Sentinel Gold (VSE) has released a reserve figure for its Casino gold-copper deposit in south-central Yukon. The potentially open-pit deposit hosts 119.3 million minable tonnes containi…