Zappa gears for Enriquez drilling
Drilling is set to begin on the Ponce Enriquez gold project in Ecuador. Owner Zappa Resources (VSE) identified three large gold zones during a 9-month-long program of geochemical and geophysical surve…
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Weather halts construction of Golden Bear leach pad
Heavy rains have forced North American Metals (VSE) to suspend construction of a heap-leach pad at its Golden Bear mine in northwestern British Columbia. North American Metals is 81.4% owned by Wheato…
Da Capo identifies Amayapampa tonnage
The proven and probable mineral resource for the Amayapampa mine in Bolivia is now estimated at 4.3 million tonnes grading 2.82 grams gold per tonne. Da Capo Resources (VSE), which is working to outli…
PEOPLE — CANARC (September 26, 1994)
Victor Tanaka appointed vice-president of exploration.
PEOPLE — ADRIAN
Gordon Zelko appointed vice-president of public relations.
DIAMOND SPECIAL — Canadian juniors seek fortunes in
As the domestic diamond scene matures, more and more Canadian juniors are moving offshore. One of the most popular hunting grounds is Africa, which for most of this century has supplied the vast major…
DIAMOND SPECIAL — BHP progressing quickly at NWT Diamonds
The “NWT Diamonds” project has come a long way since Charles Fipke and Stewart Blusson began looking for diamonds in North America in the early 1980s. At the outset, many regarded the initiative as do…
PEOPLE — OMNI
Malcolm Slack appointed director.
PEOPLE — GOLDEN TAG
James Tilsley appointed director.
PEOPLE — SERENGETI DIAMOND
Ross Blusson appointed director.
Noranda shares
Noranda (TSE) intends to redeem all of its outstanding Series B fixed/floating-rate, cumulative, redeemable, retractable, convertible preferred shares on Oct. 15 at $26 per share. Holders may either r…
PEOPLE — MODULE
John Fitzpatrick appointed director.