North options gold property
Australian-based North Ltd. intends to acquire up to a 70% interest in the Tanda gold project in eastern Ivory Coast.The company can earn an initial 60% stake in the 832-sq.-km property from Golden St…
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Regal buys into Kiglapait
Junior Regal Goldfields (REGL-C) has formed a joint venture with privately owned Tagalder, enabling the former to earn up to a 75% interest in the Kiglapait nickel-copper-cobalt property in northern L…
DIAMOND PAGE — Intertech, Kennecott form JV in NWT
Kennecott Canada Exploration has entered an agreement with Intertech Minerals (IML-V) to earn a 60% interest in the Afridi Lake diamond property, 320 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T.Previous work o…
DIAMOND PAGE — Montello, Redwood option ground to Kennecott
After reviewing several airborne geophysical targets, Kennecott Canada Exploration has entered into an option agreement with Montello Resources (MEO-A) and partner Redwood Resources (RDW-A) to earn a …
Freewest gains polymetallic prospect near Wawa
Montreal-based Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-T) is acquiring a polymetallic property 65 km northwest of Wawa, Ont., in the eastern portion of the Michipicoten greenstone belt.To earn a 100% interest …
Agnico-Eagle adds tonnage to LaRonde
While Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) struggles to return to profitability, there has been nothing but good news from the exploration and development programs under way at the company’s flagship LaRonde go…
Drilling expands Nevada complex
Indications are that extensive drilling at the Battle Mountain complex in northern Nevada could result in a significant reserve increase for owner Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N).The Houston, Tex.-based …
Romarco cuts high grade in Nevada
Romarco Minerals (R-T) has intercepted high-grade gold values at its newly acquired Red Rocks project in western Nevada.The company completed 12 reverse-circulation and three core holes, totalling 12,…
NEW HORIZONS — Gold on the tracks
Increasingly, gold contacts are being used in locomotives as the use of electronic control increases.When an engineer moves the throttle on one of the new-generation AC (alternating current) diesel-el…
OBITUARY — Reini Ehrlich
Reini Ehrlich, vice-president and chief metallurgical engineer at Watts Griffis and McOuat, died Aug. 1 in Toronto, after a brief illness. He was 75.Ehrlich had a long and distinguished career in the …
Nevada teachers learn about mining
More than 100 Nevada teachers gathered in the eastern city of Ely for the 15th annual minerals education workshop. The event was sponsored by the state’s operating mines, supplier companies, and the N…
Newmont to study Angren gold project
Newmont Uzbekistan, a subsidiary of Newmont Mining, plans to carry out a feasibility study on the Angren gold project in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent region, according to Interfax News Agency.The project wil…