Carson has yen for diamonds
Trading in Carson Gold (VSE) will remain halted for three months as the company prepares engineering and evaluation reports and carries out due diligence on two proposed acquisitions in China.The comp…
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PRODUCER PRICES (April 01, 1996)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US75.5 cents-76.5 cents per lb. (March 15, 1996).ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$1.85-2.00 per lb. (Feb. 29, 1996).BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.90-4.05 per lb. (Feb. 29, 1…
Chase and BHP enlarge holdings
Partners Chase Resource (TSE) and BHP Minerals are expanding their ground position in the Philippines by acquiring more than 110,000 hectares in Aurora and Nueva Ecija provinces.The claims are at the …
Placer Dome options Goldstack
Sphinx Mining (VSE) has announced that Placer Dome (TSE) has made a joint-venture offer on the Goldstack property, owned equally by Sphinx and Consolidated Goldstack International Resources (VSE). The…
OBITUARIES — Arthur Honsberger
Arthur Hess Honsberger, former chief engineer of the Howey gold mine near Red Lake, Ont., has died. He was 90.After earning a mining and metallurgy engineering degree from Queen’s University in 1927, …
ODDS’N’SODS — Peckish in the bush
In the halcyon days before the Great Depression there was no shortage of summer jobs in the mining industry, and, as a second-year geology student at the University of Manitoba in 1929, I was looking …
Mink finds pipe in West Africa
Follow-up test-pitting on a geophysical anomaly at the Kenieba concession in Mali, West Africa, has confirmed the presence of a kimberlite pipe.Mink Mineral Resources (VSE), which holds a 49% interest…
DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Ashton, Soquem ink deal in Quebec
Together, Vancouver-based Ashton Mining of Canada (TSE) and Quebec Crown company Soquem will explore for diamonds in Quebec.The two firms have signed a joint-venture agreement regarding 185,000 sq. km…
Meetings (March 25, 1996)
April 1, Rembrandt Gold — general, extraordinaryApril 2, Madrona — annual, general, specialApril 2, Mark Resources — annual. 2:20 p.m. The Westin Hotel, Britannia Room, 320, 4th Avenure S.W. Calgar…
Correction (March 25, 1996)
A report on Stellar Gold’s (VSE) agreement to acquire two nickel properties in the Philippines incorrectly stated the terms of the acquisition.Stellar will issue 1.5 million shares to the vendors to e…
Partners boost resource at Meliadine East
Toronto-listed partners Comaplex Minerals and Cumberland Resources have re- assessed the Meliadine East deposit.The property, 15 miles north of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T., now has an indicated geological re…
CIM presents a talk on Musselwhite
The Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) will present a talk on the Musselwhite gold project, which lies 800 miles northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont.Joseph O’…