Sikaman to start up Cerro Mayal
The Cerro Mayal gold mine in Argentina is scheduled to enter production this month. Sikaman Gold Resources (TSE) expects to process 35 million cubic feet of gravel per year, initially. From that, abou…
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Investors reaping rewards from dazzling gold equities
Investors who were lucky or brilliant enough to foresee rising gold prices this year and who had the intestinal fortitude to follow their hunches have reaped spectacular rewards. The runaway best-sell…
Formation Capital active at Black Pine
Drills at the Black Pine property in Idaho are slowly outlining a large copper-cobalt system for owner Formation Capital (VSE). The property, visited recently by The Northern Miner, is 17 miles southw…
Eden Roc patiently developing Aniuri open pit
It took more than 10 years of patient, methodical work to bring into production the small Aniuri gold mine in Ivory Coast. But after its first full year, the open-pit, heap-leach operation has not dis…
Mutual in W. Africa
A private placement by Teck (TSE) will provide additional funds for Mutual Resources (VSE) to pursue gold opportunities in West Africa. Mutual President Robert Quartermain says the company is in advan…
Cantung continues Chilean focus
Drilling is planned by Canada Tungsten (TSE) to provide samples for metallurgical testing at the Andacollo heap-leach copper project, 50 km from La Serena, Chile. The company recently acquired an opti…
Czech purchase approved for Royalstar Resources
Partners Royalstar Resources (VSE) and Paramount Ventures & Finance (VSE) have received approval from a Czech court for their acquisition of an 80% interest in a Czech company which owns the Kasperske…
NEWS ROUNDUP — ATT drilling misses the mark
A 3-hole program on the ATT claims in the South Kemess Creek area of north-central British Columbia has failed to encounter any significant mineralization. Owner Claimstaker Resources (VSE) noted that…
Ivanhoe drilling intersects gold
One of three holes drilled in the Hatter Dome area on the Ivanhoe property has intersected 525 ft. grading 0.012 oz. gold per ton from 1,330 ft. to 1,855 ft. The property, in Elko Cty., Nev., is 75% o…
COMMENTARY — Silver, zinc to the rescue (November 01, 1993)
The discovery that silver activates oxygen in water to destroy bacteria and viruses instantly opens a new chapter in the use of silver for water purification. Spearheaded by Fountainhead Technologies …
EDITORIAL PAGE — The value of risk capital
An interim report from the commission probing both the Vancouver Stock Exchange and the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) provides interesting and, dare we say, encouraging insights into t…
ODDS’N’SODS — Patience has its own rewards
At last the Quirke mine and mill in Elliot Lake, Ont., started into production in the summer of 1956. Expectations were high with the anticipated precipitation of “yellow cake,” or uranium oxide, from…