Excellon drills in Mexico
A 2,000-Metre program of reverse-circulation drilling is under way at the Centauro property in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.Operator Excellon Resources (EXN-V) can earn a 65% interest in the concession fr…
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Junior options Soquem ground
Privately held McKenzie Bay Resources, based in Brighton, Mich., has reached an option agreement with Quebec government-owned Soquem to develop the eastern portion of the Dor Lake vanadium and titaniu…
Newmont and Santa Fe vote in favor of merger plan
Shareholders of both Santa Fe Pacific Gold (GLD-N) and Newmont Mining (NEM-N) have expressed their overwhelming support for a proposed merger.During a special meeting, both groups of shareholders met …
Breakwater revives Caribou operation — Company turns $3-Million profit in first quarter
Toronto-based Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) will soon have a third wholly owned zinc operation in production — the resuscitated Caribou project in northern New Brunswick.At the company’s annual meetin…
Mongolia Gold trenches at Bumbat-West
After delays caused by permitting- and equipment-related problems, Mongolia Gold Resources (MGR-V) is proceeding with a trenching program on a newly discovered geochemical gold anomaly at its 49%-owne…
RTZ-CRA options Yanacocha
In northern Peru, RTZ-CRA (RTZ-N) and Solitario Resources (SLR-T) have struck a deal whereby each company will explore a property held by the other.RTZ-CRA can earn a 60% interest in Solitario’s 155,0…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Miner avoids sensationalism
I would like to echo the comments made by Jean-Pierre Thomassin in his recent letter to the editor (T.N.M., April 21/97). The Northern Miner’s coverage of the Bre-X Minerals saga has been absolutely t…
DIAMOND PAGE — TNK drills kimberlites at Gope
Toronto-based TNK Resources (TNKR-C) has drilled into two kimberlite pipes on its wholly owned Gope prospect in the Kaapvaal craton of central Botswana.The company drilled two holes, spaced 50 metres …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Head in the sand
I have been a subscriber to The Northern Miner for about four years and I am appalled at the pathetic reporting on International Precious Metals (T.N.M., April 28/97).It is obvious that The Miner has …
DIAMOND PAGE — Cypango walks from Afridi Lake
Diamond explorer Cypango Ventures (CAV-V) has dropped its option to earn a 51% interest in the Afridi Lake property in the Northwest Territories.During a drilling program last spring, Cypango intersec…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Eldorado the beautiful, Part 1
Franz Johnston, one of Canada’s Group of Seven painters, had a love of the Canadian north and spent the winter of 1938-39 painting at a remote mining camp above the Arctic Circle.In late 1938, mining …
DIAMOND PAGE — SouthernEra tests lake targets in N.W.T.
Northeast of Camsell Lake, at the Mackay-Back Lakes diamond project in the Northwest Territories, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is drill-Testing high-priority geophysical targets.Six key kimberlite-in…