Brunswick facility moving
The concentrate-handling facilities of Brunswick Mining and Smelting (TSE) are moving from Dalhousie, N.B., to nearby Belladune next year.The cost of the new facilities in Belladune is estimated at $1…
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Refugio beating the clock
Construction of the Refugio gold mine in Chile is six to eight weeks ahead of schedule.Partners Bema Gold (TSE) and Amax Gold (NYSE) began construction in November, 1994, under a fixed-price contract,…
Diamond Fields aims to advance Voisey Bay
Advanced negotiations between Inco (TSE) and Diamond Fields Resources (TSE) could result in an agreement whereby the large nickel producer acquires an interest in Diamond Fields’ Voisey Bay nickel-cop…
Ariel busy in Costa Rica
Preliminary results from a 4,500-metre drill program completed by Ariel Resources (VSE) on the San Martin mine and Sierra group properties in Costa Rica suggest that three zones found on the propertie…
Colorada potential entices Glamis
Just one day after Eldorado (TSE) held its annual meeting and approved a shareholders’ rights protection plan, Glamis Gold (TSE) made an unsolicited takeover bid for the company.Glamis Vice-president …
Year off to good start for Noranda
The first quarter of 1995 was the most profitable in six years at Noranda (TSE).The company’s first-quarter earnings jumped to $158 million from $44 million for the same period in 1994. Revenue rose t…
Fairfield pulls high-grade gold values
Underground drilling is returning multi-ounce gold values at the Siwash North project owned by Fairfield Minerals (TSE) near Merritt, B.C.Fairfield is in the midst of a 25,000-ft., 200-hole, undergrou…
Permits awaited for Huckleberry
New Canamin Resources (TSE) has applied for a mine development certificate for its Huckleberry project near Smithers, B.C. The company expects to receive the certificate in late August or early Septem…
Drilling completed at Humbug play
A 90-hole, reverse-circulation drill program totalling 36,000 ft. has been completed at the Humbug gold property in Lemhi Cty., Idaho.International Gold Resources (IGR) confirms the property has a geo…
Miramar’s Con mine on track
Production at the Con gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T., is expected to meet this year’s target of 130,000 oz. plus.The underground mine, owned by Miramar Mining (TSE), cranked out 28,117 oz. in the fi…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Scams in cyberspace
Those of us who are still pedestrians on the “information highway” — novices struggling to get a handle on the most basic and popular service: electronic (or “E”) mail — might be surprised to learn …
ODDS’N’SODS — The grab for Ursus Creek
Ursus Creek is a major tributary of Bedwell River in the Clayoquot Sound area of Vancouver Island.Between the fall of 1938 and the early days of the First World War, there was a gold rush to Bedwell R…