Some rafters on the Tatshenshini-Alsek river system have complained that encounters with other river-users detracted from their “wilderness experience.” A recent study by Simon Fraser University found…
Land tenure is uncertain and exploration investment is unprotected under Vietnamese laws, say the Canadian delegates after a 2-week tour of Vietnam recently. They expressed their concerns during meeti…
The Kidd Creek division of Falconbridge is one step away from building its own hydro-generating station and Ontario Hydro one step away from losing its largest customer. The division is trying to arra…
The tendency for kimberlite provinces to show horizontal zoning with respect to age, mineralogy and diamond content has important implications for exploration in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest …
A recently completed drilling program on the Santa Fe copper-oxide project, 25 miles east of Hawthorne, Nev., confirms previous estimates of reserves. Kookaburra Gold (VSE), owner of the property, dri…
The Canadian Cordillera Chapter of the Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) will co-sponsor a short course during this year’s Cordilleran Round-Up week, Jan. 25-29. The short course, “Consulting …
An exploration program aimed at defining and ranking drill targets will be conducted this year by Aurizon Mines (TSE) on its La Reyna copper-gold project near Mazatlan, Mexico. Last year the company c…
In return for up to a 5.5% net smelter return (NSR) royalty, Alban Exploration (VSE) recently optioned its Red Rock property in Ladner Cty., Nev., to Placer Dome (TSE). Under the terms of the agreemen…
Shareholders of Mt. Grant Mines recently approved a name change to Venezuelan Goldfields (VSE) to reflect the junior company’s growing exposure to mineral projects in Venezuela and other Latin America…
After a millennium of continuous operation, the Falun copper mine in central Sweden has finally run out of ore. Cleanup operations at the mine began in December and are expected to continue through th…
Joint venture negotiations are continuing between Carlin Gold (ASE) and an undisclosed major mining company relating to Carlin’s gold properties in eastern Oregon. Carlin recently acquired claims that…
Toronto-based junior Eastern Stone Products (ASE) has acquired 100% of a private Ontario company that has the right to earn a 50% interest in Kenora Prospectors & Miners’ (CDN) Shoal Lake gold deposit…
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