MSV opens up new greenstone belt
Having acquired the local mining assets of Westminer Canada in February, 1993, MSV Resources (TSE) now finds itself with excess milling capacity. The 3,000-tonne-per-day mill, situated at Copper Rand …
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Musselwhite project advancing to feasibility
Toronto-listed partners Placer Dome and TVX Gold are stepping up the pace of activity at the Musselwhite gold property in northwestern Ontario. The project, reported to contain a measured and indicate…
Greenstone to buy stake in Honduran mine
A planned merger between Greenstone Resources (TSE) and Fischer-Watt Gold (NASDAQ) will not proceed. The latter was unable to secure the required lock-up and escrow agreements from its majority shareh…
EDITORIAL PAGE — A haunting melody
Haven’t we heard this tuneful little number before? The melody is more than faintly familiar. Even the lyrics have a deja vu quality. We refer, of course, to the latest government budget, specifically…
Black cat proves lucky for Antares
Toronto-listed Antares Mining & Exploration has identified a new gold zone, known as the Black Cat, at its Lady Lina property in Zimbabwe. The zone was encountered in drill holes on the 180- and 520-m…
Asbestos report is challenged
A group of researchers at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., is challenging a U.S. report which downplays the human death toll from low-level exposure to asbestos. In the American Journal of In…
Conwest buys Jascan shares
Toronto-based Conwest Exploration (TSE) has acquired about 3 million shares of Jascan Resources (TSE), raising to 30% its interest in the Toronto-based junior. The units, representing 16.1% of Jascan’…
Interim report recommends rule-making powers for OSC
The interim report of the Ontario securities regulation task force recommends giving the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) powers to make binding rules. The report also recommends that OSC policy st…
Tri Origin reports values from Lewis Ponds
“Promising” best describes results of the first six holes drilled in a recent program on the Lewis Ponds gold and base metal project near Sydney, Australia. Holes 18, 20 and 21 intersected extensive m…
Pangea intersects gold mineralization
Results from 15 of the first 23 holes drilled on the Fenn-Gibb property, near Matheson, Ont., indicate several types of gold mineralization are present. In several holes, Pangea Goldfields (CDN) has f…
Fairmile plans Buffalo Valley drilling
An initial hole on the Buffalo Valley property in Lander Cty., Nev., has returned gold values in several narrow intersections. Fairmile Acquisitions (ASE) drilled the hole to test for deep, porphyry-g…
Chesbar trenching in Venezuela
Two high-grade sections were encountered during trenching in saprolitic material on La Salle, a gold concession in southeastern Venezuela. Operator Chesbar Resources (ME) and partner VenCan Gold (ME) …