Cyprus drilling Queenston ground
Diamond drills are being moved onto Queenston Mining’s (TSE) two properties near Kirkland Lake, Ont. Cyprus Canada, a subsidiary of Cyprus Minerals of Colorado, has launched an 8-hole, 10,000-ft. prog…
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Jordex negotiates funding for exploration in Bolivia
An international company partly owned by the French government will provide funds to explore properties staked by Jordex Resources (TSE) in Bolivia. During the past 18 months, Jordex carried out a rec…
Bre-X active in Indonesia
An agreement has been signed with an international mining company to acquire a 55% interest in an advanced-stage porphyry copper-gold property in Indonesia, Bre-X Minerals (ASE) reports. The Taware Va…
LATIN AMERICA ROUNDUP — Bajo recoveries tested by lab
A study of samples from the Bajo de la Alumbrera project in Argentina indicates copper and gold recoveries of 91% and 70%, respectively, at average feed grade. Lakefield Research, near Peterborough, O…
LATIN AMERICA ROUNDUP — Moris gold project at feasibility
By late October, Manhattan Minerals (VSE) expects to have the results of a final feasibility study for its Moris heap-leach gold project in Chihuahua state, Mexico. Based on a pre-feasibility report e…
Lac continues bid for Lisheen
Toronto-based Lac Minerals (TSE) may continue its legal action to block the sale of a majority interest in the Lisheen lead-zinc deposit in Ireland, that country’s High Court has ruled. Lac offered US…
Republic, Yorbeau settle Ellison property dispute
A settlement has been reached between Republic Goldfields (VSE) and Yorbeau Resources (TSE) in a legal dispute over the Ellison gold property in Bousquet Twp., northwestern Quebec. Republic will acqui…
Lead may be set for turnaround
Although it has been trading at all-time lows in real dollar terms, lead could be poised for a turnaround, reports Metals Economics Group of Halifax, N.S. “The concentrate market is in severe shortage…
Minera Rayrock announces production plans for Ivan
The Ivan copper project in northern Chile is to enter production, Minera Rayrock (TSE) has announced. he junior expects start-up to commence by mid-1994 at about 22 million lb. copper cathode per year…
Raymore plans Lamotte sample
Initial clearing of overburden at the Lamotte Twp. lithium property in northwestern Quebec is under way, Raymore Resources (ASE) reports. The company intends to bulk-sample about 50 tons of ore.
Dome Mountain lawsuit ends
A lawsuit between Habsburg Resources (VSE) and Timmins Nickel has been settled, paving the way for production to resume at the Dome Mountain gold mine near Smithers, B.C. The settlement provides for H…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Fort Knox stakes Clery claims
Toronto-listed Fort Knox Gold Resources has staked more than 200 claims north of Chibougamau, Que. The claims, comprising 9,000 acres in Clery Twp., are believed to have volcanogenic massive sulphide …