PEOPLE — RIO AMARILLO
Udo VonDoehren appointed vice-president and director.
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MINING IN MEXICO — Corner Bay in option deal
Active on three copper oxide prospects in Mexico, Corner Bay Minerals (TSE) has optioned one of the projects, Las Vigas, to Dragon Gem (VSE). Dragon Gem is earning a 50% interest in the property in Ch…
Gold Funds as of Oct 17
BGR Central Net Value $18.29 $6.78 Price $15.25 $7.00 Premium 3.2% Discount 16.64% Value $148,634,000 $126,695,100…
PEOPLE — PACIFIC FALCON
Ronald Nichols elected president and director; Russell French, Michael Laidlaw and Noble Larsen elected directors.
MINING IN MEXICO — Cominco Res., partner develop Mariquita
Development of the Mariquita copper deposit in northwestern Mexico would see an open-pit, heap-leach, solvent extraction-electrowinning operation, producing about 15,000 tonnes per year of high-purity…
MINING IN MEXICO — Tizapa prepared for production
The Tizapa polymetallic project southwest of Mexico City underwent test operations this summer in preparation for commercial production. Owned 54% by Industrias Penoles, 39% by Dowa Mining and 10% by …
MINING IN MEXICO — The mining industry in Mexico and its
The current era has been characterized by the emergence of new nations with a specific set of needs and urgent demands, summarized in the recent call for a new international economic order. One of the…
MINING IN MEXICO — Infill drilling planned at Cuatro
A program of infill drilling is planned this year for the Cuatro Hermanos porphyry copper project in Sonora state, Morgain Minerals (VSE) reports. Cost of the drilling is estimated to be US$3.5 millio…
Terneras feasibility study on track
In the late 1500s, Spanish explorers began finding high-grade polymetallic mineralization in the San Lorenzo mountains in north-central Mexico. More recently, Canadian joint-venture partners William R…
International Gold exploring West African gold project
Toronto-listed International Gold Resources (IGR) has finished an initial exploration program on its Youga gold property in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The work consisted of mapping and geochemical sam…
MINING IN MEXICO — Penoles developing La Cienega project
Preparing La Cienega mine in the northwest of Durango state for underground production this year is the Penoles group. The project’s deposits sit in a 4-km-long system of quartz veins and host gold-si…
MINING IN MEXICO — Salinas in running to head WTO
Outgoing Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and former Italian trade minister Renato Ruggiero are the favorites to head the new World Trade Organization (WTO), diplomats said recently in Gene…