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The economic boom in the People’s Republic of China is being fuelled in part by burgeoning foreign investment in almost every industry sector. Asia Minerals, a private company formed by a group of Van…

A sampling program to establish size and grade of a garnet resource is being planned by Bitterroot Resources (VSE) for its newly leased Williams property in Mohave Cty., Ariz. The road accessible clai…

The first two holes from the initial phase of drilling at the Taysan copper project in the Philippines returned higher copper and gold grades than averages quoted in previous reserve estimates. Chase …

MEND, OMEP, CORE, MDA, OMA, MABC, MNDM, GAC, MAC, FLIP, SLIP, BLIP, HIP. Enough! Enough! No more acronyms. Or if there must be acronyms, outlaw tongue-twisters like MNDM or MABC. MEND slips easily off…

A gift from Inco Ltd. went to Brian Scholz, a third-year geological and mineral engineering student at the University of Toronto. Inco Chairman Michael Sopko has agreed to pay $1,400 for Scholz’s air …

Dale Schwartzenhauer appointed vice-president, finance and corporate development.

Murray Pezim appointed chairman of the board, director, and president; Naren Majithia and Basil Pantages appointed directors.

Jeffrey Clevenger named president of Cyprus Copper.

R. Green, Jr., George Mealey, and Nicholas Moros elected directors.

BGR Central Net Value $8.83 $5.05 Price $6.88 $4.75 Discount 22.14% 5.9% Value $49,462,000 $79,915,425…

Dryden Res. Corp. — 1,000,000 shs. with a minium subscription of 1,000,000 shs. @ 60 cents per sh. Stow Res. Ltd. — 700,000 shs. @ 80 cents per sh.

Workers at the David Bell gold mine, owned jointly by Teck (TSE) and Homestake (TSE), recently ratified a new 3-year collective agreement. Highlights of the contract include a 7% wage increase over th…