Orleans processing bulk sample at St-Onge
Reaching what President Jean-Guy Masse describes as a major threshold, Orleans Resources (ME) has received positive results from samples taken on its St-Onge wollastonite deposit near Lac St. Jean, Qu…
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Morgain applies for Mexican incentive
Toronto-based Morgain Minerals (VSE) is one of the first Canadian juniors to apply for Mexico’s new exploration and exploitation incentive program. Under the program, the Mexican government will finan…
Noranda re-works Montanore deal
Partners Noranda Minerals (a subsidiary of Toronto-listed Noranda) and Montana Reserves (a private company) have restructured the ownership of their Montanore silver-copper property near Libby, Mont. …
Tiomin completes mineral sands tests
Laboratory-scale testing of a heavy-mineral bulk concentrate from the Natashquan deposit in Quebec has been completed, reports Tiomin Resources (TSE). Gravity, magnetic, and electrostatic separation t…
Price protection for Cyprus
A price protection program ensures that Cyprus Minerals (NYSE) will receive a minimum average sales price of about US94 cents per lb. on about 90% of its projected 1993 copper sales. The program also …
Dundee-Palliser gets government loan to purchase Gays River
The government of Nova Scotia will lend Dundee-Palliser (TSE) $6 million to help it buy the Gays River zinc-lead mine from Westminer Canada. The loan is subject to satisfactory zinc and lead prices an…
KWG Res. moves into French Guiana
Montreal-based KWG Resources has agreed in principle to earn a 100% interest in 15 gold concessions in French Guiana from Bureau de recherches geologiques et minieres of France. The concessions lie al…
DIAMOND PAGE — In the Northwest Territories . . . Braiden,
— Braiden Resources (VSE) has agreed to earn a 50% interest in a 72,000-acre property held by Super Twins Resources (VSE) in the George Lake area, northeast of Lac de Gras. To earn the interest, Brai…
Equinox watching as gold prices rise
The recent rise in the price of gold has made Equinox Resources (TSE) all the more hopeful that its Zenda project, near Bakersfield, Calif., can soon be brought into production. President Ross Beaty w…
INSIDER TRADING — Metalore director sells before ruling
With an appeal still under deliberation for ownership of the Brookbank gold property near Beardmore, Ont., a director of Metalore Resources (TSE) has sold about a third of his stake in the company. Ac…
Rock mechanics symposium planned
The University of Texas, in Austin, will be the site of the first North American Rock Mechanics Symposium on June 1-3, 1994. This symposium, a regional meeting of the International Society for Rock Me…
Prof compiles deposit data
An economic geology professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg has set up a library of samples, thin sections, photos and maps from more than 3,000 ore deposits around the world. Dr. Peter La…