NEWS ROUNDUP — Lime keeps Global Stone in black
Despite severe weather at its operations in Ingersoll, Ont., and Luttrell, Tenn., Global Stone (TSE) managed to post earnings for the three months ended March 31. Net income for the period was $627,00…
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Colorado-Wyoming kimberlite province a rich and largely
The Colorado-Wyoming kimberlite province in the western U.S. includes more than 100 kimberlite intrusives, one of the largest lamproite fields in the world, and dozens of unexplored geophysical, remot…
World demand for gold expands
Interest in gold, among central banks, has rarely been so high. This is because the price of gold is approaching US$400 per oz. and because of the mobilization of gold (gold loans, options, etc.) by s…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Corner Bay options 3 properties
Toronto-listed Corner Bay Minerals has optioned three properties comprising 367 hectares in Mexico’s Sonora state. In return, the junior must pay US$65,000 cash, with the vendor retaining a 2.5% net s…
ODDS’N’SODS — Surprise on a winter’s day
A few years ago, during one unforgettable December, I was under contract to a mining company to work on claims near the Madawaska River, east-northeast of Bancroft, Ont. As assistant to Ted, the consu…
Soquem funds drilling on Nelligan Twp. play
Quebec Crown corporation Soquem will fund 1,600 metres of drilling on a gold-diamond property in Nelligan Twp., Que. The 185-claim property, near Le Tac, is jointly held by Ressources Orient (ME) and …
Oasis and Soquem intersect gold
Project partners Consolidated Oasis Resources (ME) and Soquem have struck gold at the Fancamp property near Chibougamau, Que. A 4.5-metre (15 ft.) intersection from Hole 23 cut 18.73 grams gold per to…
STOCK MARKETS — Majors’ earnings exceed their expectations
Fueled primarily by higher corporate earnings, stocks on the TSE moved up sharply to end the week. Apparently, the earnings reported by many of the major corporations have far exceeded expectations. O…
Southwestern finds three zones in Peru
Junior Southwestern Gold (VSE) has outlined three new zones on three properties in southeastern Peru. At the Tapairihua property, 140 km southwest of Cuzco, a 500-metre-long skarn zone has been outlin…
Arizona Star expands Chilean holdings
By acquiring three properties next to the Aldebaran concession in Chile, Arizona Star Resource (VSE) will have an interest in more than 32,000 acres in the country’s Maricunga district. Arizona Star i…
Sanchez contract awarded to Davy
Sanchez Mining, a wholly owned subsidiary of AZCO Mining (TSE), will construct a $40.6-million processing plant in southeastern Arizona. The contract was awarded to Davy International, which has exper…
Claude posts profit from gold and oil
In 1993, Claude Resources (TSE) earned $4.5 million, or 45 cents a share, on revenues of $29.8 million. The company operates the Seabee gold mine north of La Ronge, Sask., which produced 57,000 oz. go…