Battle Mountain, Orvana option Chilean property
The Copper Line joint venture of Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N) and Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) has reached an agreement-in-principal with the Chilean state mining enterprise Codelco that will expand the jo…
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TSE, OSC committee to re-examine mining rules — Panel to make recommendations by end of the year
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) have announced the formation of a task force to assess the need for regulatory standards for the mining industry.The Mining…
EDITORIAL AND COMMENTARY — There’s more to mining than tonnage and grade Community relations
A recent communique from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) suggests that the Canadian mining industry needs to improve its ability to deal with the environmental and socio-econ…
Correction (October 21, 1996)
Two holes drilled by Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) at the Butte Highlands gold property in Montana intersected 0.1 oz. gold per ton over 82.5 metres (including 25.3 ft. of 0.16 oz.) and 0.1 oz. over 91 ft. …
Orvana continues drilling at Pederson
A 10,000-metre program of reverse-circulation drilling on the Pederson gold project in Bolivia is nearing completion, reports Orvana Minerals (ORV-T).Although assays have been received for only eight …
Results add lustre to Butte Highlands
Toronto-listed Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) is heartened by results from the first five holes testing high-grade continuity and other portions of the Butte Highlands gold property in Montana.Holes 96-1 and…
Orvana to explore Don Mario at depth
In its next phase of drilling on the Don Mario deposit in Bolivia, Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) will focus on the structure’s down-plunge extension.In the first phase, the company intersected an average tr…
Orvana pulls more gold in Bolivia
Vancouver-based Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) has pulled two more rich intersections from the high-grade zone of its wholly owned Dom Mario deposit in Bolivia.Holes DM-90 and DM-92, collared to intersect th…
Companies (June 24, 1996)
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Orvana confirms Don Mario resource
Infill drilling at the Don Mario property in Bolivia is confirming a previously outlined underground resource of 1 million tonnes grading 13 grams gold per tonne.Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) is drilling of…
Asarco drops Butte Highlands
Unsatisfactory drill results have prompted copper giant Asarco (NYSE) to drop its option on the Butte Highlands gold property in Montana.The major had an option to acquire a 51% interest in the projec…
INSIDER TRADING — Officers of Echo Bay exercise options, trade stock
Four senior officers of Echo Bay Mines (TSE) exercised options and either bought or sold shares in the company in October.According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, Jonathan Baker,…