Geomaque creditors take shares in lieu of cash
The financial restructuring of junior gold producer Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) made significant progress as three trade creditors agreed to take shares in payment of debts.Geomaque’s principal lend…
Francisco Gold Corp
CDNX holds ground as rockets roar
Vancouver — The highly anticipated first strike by U.S.-led forces against Afghanistan failed to rattle Canada’s junior exchange during the 4-day report period ended Oct. 9. The Canadian Venture Exch…
End of rainy season lures juniors back to Sierra Madre
Cash is trickling into the Sierra Madre gold camps in Mexico as the rainy season draws to a close and juniors launch exploration programs designed to outline new resources or test the feasibility of p…
Francisco expands Guatemalan find (August 13, 2001)
Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has received encouraging results from the final nine holes of a third round of drilling at its wholly owned Marlin project in western Guatemala. The near-surface, oxidized zone …
Francisco expands Guatemalan find (July 23, 2001)
Drill results from a reported 43 of 52 core holes completed on the Marlin gold discovery in northern Guatemala have so far defined a thick, near-surface, shallow dipping main zone of oxidized gold min…
Francisco cuts high-grade gold at Marlin
Vancouver — Junior Francisco Gold (FGX-T) has tabled more impressive results from an ongoing 3,000-metre drill program at its wholly owned Marlin gold-silver project in western Guatemala.Since April,…
Francisco explores Guatemalan project
Armed with new results from more than 250 metres of mechanized and hand-dug trenches, Francisco Gold (FGX-V) is carrying out a third round of drilling on its promising Marlin gold-silver project in we…
Drill results add shine to Marlin
Encouraging results from a second round of diamond drilling by Francisco Gold (FGX-V) have contributed to the bulk-minable potential of a gold-silver prospect at the Marlin property in western Guatema…
Francisco to table El Sauzal feasibility study
Vancouver — Junior Francisco Gold (FGX-V) expects to table a bankable feasibility study for its El Sauzal project in Mexico late in 2001.Situated 13 km west of Batopilas in Chihuahua state, El Sauzal…
Analysts take shine to diversified juniors
At an in-house conference for the retail side of Yorkton Securities, mining analysts Douglas Leishman and Art Ettlinger highlighted seven diversified junior exploration companies that they regard as r…
CDNX scrambles to recover from carnage
Vancouver — Although the high-tech meltdown was tempered by a strong rebound, the report period ended April 18 will be remembered chiefly for its carnage. The Canadian Venture Exchange lost 375.37 po…
Francisco aims drills at Marlin property
Francisco Gold (FGX-T) intends to drill the Marlin gold-silver property in Guatemala once shareholders and regulators approve the company’s proposed acquisition of that property’s owner, privately hel…