Terramar progresses on California mine
Terramar Resource Corp. confirms that dewatering of its Reid mine in California is well advanced. The program commenced in mid-July and included exploration work for vertical and lateral extensions of…
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Work under way on Troymin bets
Field work is under way at several of Troymin Resources’ properties, including its Babine Lake Silver prospect in B.C., its gold prospect at Tabor Lake near Dryden, Ont. and at a newly optioned gold b…
Quebec flow-through cut causes mixed reactions
The Quebec government has announced it will be reducing the deduction for investments in mineral exploration through flow- through shares. So far the move to reduce the current 166.6% deduction for in…
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INCO LTD – Hon. John Black Aird elected a director.
Sonora, Pathfinder project After two years of delay, Jamestown to
Milling of ore at a rate of 6,000 tons per day from the Harvard open pit is scheduled to begin this week at Sonora Gold Corp’s Jamestown gold mine in California. For the management of Sonora, the anno…
Aunore drills Elder
Additional surface diamond drilling is being performed by Aunore Resources and partner Nova Beaucage Mines on their joint ventured Elder mine property near Rouyn, Que. The work is designed to test f…
Teck/Tundra considering underground exploration
The first underground drill hole, completed from the 1,800-ft level of the shutdown Lamaque gold mine near Val d’Or, Que., has intersected encouraging gold mineralization, partners Teck Corp. and Tund…
State-of-the-art technology exchanged at open pit meet
Some 200 open pit mine engineers and operators met in Calgary, Nov 6 and 7, to exchange information and ideas with geotechnical consultants and university professors on the economic and safe design of…
Bachelor Lake improves grade
Above-average grades are being cited as the main reason behind the improved gold production at the Bachelor Lake Gold Mines property near Demaraisville, Que. For the third quarter ended Sept 30, the m…
Rambo’s drilling extends shear to 330-ft horizon
A mineralized section more than 55 ft wide was intersected in hole 86-2 on Rambo Explorations’ Turgeon property in northwestern Quebec’s Massicotte Twp. The company says the hole confirms the extensio…
Mining to be conventional at Pegasus’ U.S. project
The Montana Tunnels project will be the first conventional mining operation for Pegasus Gold which has built a solid reputation for processing low grade gold ores by heap leach methods. Located about …
Barrick buys into Cons Gold
Precocious American Barrick Resources, already a darling of North American gold stock investors and not yet three years old, has boldly grabbed a substantial stake in Consolidated Gold Fields. Barri…