PEOPLE (December 02, 2002)
Axmin — Craig Banfield appointed secretary.Cameco — Gerald Grandey appointed CEO.Cumberland — Kerry Curtis appointed interim president and CEO; Walter Segsworth appointed co-chairman.
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DRC expands former-producing Afton mine
Vancouver — With $5 million in its coffers, DRC Resources (DRC-V) is busy expanding the resource at the Afton copper-gold project, near Kamloops, B.C.This year’s $1.1-million drilling campaign, which…
Gold Fever in BC, Part 2
The exploration and development of porphyry deposits during the 1960s and 1970s had a profound effect on the mining community in British Columbia. Between 1965 and 1987, one out of every four deposits…
DRC starts drilling at Afton
Vancouver — DRC Resources (DRC-V) has begun a drill program at the Afton mine property, near Kamloops, B.C.Initially, the drilling will try to extend the Afton Main zone toward the surface. The Main …
DRC tables new Afton resource (January 07, 2002)
Vancouver — Deeper drilling by DRC Resources (DRC-V) has boosted the mineral resource at the past-producing Afton copper-gold mine in British Columbia.The addition of 26 diamond drill holes has incre…
DRC extends Afton at depth
Vancouver — Deeper drilling by DRC Resources (DRC-V) is attempting to boost tonnage at the past-producing Afton copper-gold mine, near Kamloops, B.C.Hole 42, drilled as part of an ongoing $2-million …
Correction (July 23, 2001)
A recent story (T.N.M. July 16-22/01) contained incorrect information about DRC Resources’ (DRC-V) Afton property near Kamloops, B.C. The deposit holds an indicated resource of 25 million ton averagin…
Juniors test waters in British Columbia
A recent change in government is fuelling optimism and a modest revival of exploration in British Columbia. Mining executives say the government’s promises to streamline permitting procedures and impr…
Greed drives ‘self-financing’ war Vultures descend on DRC
It has become trendy to blame globalization and the “corporate agenda” for the world’s ills, but when it comes to human misery, even the vilest industry captain would be left in the dust by some of th…
DRC tables positive study
Vancouver — An independent consultant estimates that DRC Resources’ (DRC-V) past-producing Afton copper-gold property still holds an indicated mineral resource of 25 million tons averaging 2% copper …
VMS find spurs activity near Merritt
Vancouver — The discovery of volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization along the busy Coquihalla Highway near Merritt, B.C., has sparked a staking rush in the province’s Okanagan region.”It …
DRC’s drilling tests resource below pit at Afton
Six months of drilling from the floor of the Afton open pit, 10 km west of Kamloops, B.C., has — predictably enough — delivered a substantial copper and precious metal resource to owner DRC Resource…