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Law suits try Chelsea Res as Spotted Horse is tamed

While Chelsea Resources (VSE) attempts to bring costs down at the Spotted Horse gold mine in Lewistown, Mont., two lawsuits brought about by two exploration companies are providing more financial head…


Aston Resources

Aston Resources (VSE) has optioned a property in Pelletier and La Trappe twps., near Lac St. Jean, Que. Aston can earn a 100% interest in the 38-sq-mi Pike Lake property by making payments totalling $…


Armistice drilling Sheldon, Kerr zones

A 35,000-ft underground exploration drilling program to expand the Sheldon zone and test the Kerr zone has been started by Armistice Resources (ME) at the company’s Virginiatown gold property in north…



Golden Star optimistic as Placer tables Omai results

The occupants of Golden Star Resources’ (ASE) executive suite are starting to feel a twinge of excitement over events at the Omai joint venture gold project in Guyana. While the completion date for a …


Three drills busy on Bitech’s Nugget Pond

The number of shares Bitech Energy Resources (ASE) has issued recently is probably the main reason for the decline in the company’s share price, not the failure of exploration work to live up to expec…


Near-surface zone on Gamsan property

Following a program of deep drilling to test down-dip extensions of a zinc-copper zone on the Brabant Lake property in northern Saskatchewan, Gamsan Resources (ASE) is now investigating a near- surfac…


Canadian Mining Law

The Canadian Institute of Resources Law has recently started a 2-year research project on Canadian Mining Law. The project, co-ordinated by Barry Barton, will result in a one- volume manuscript on min…


Loree a winner of CIM award

For the second year in succession, Thom Loree, assistant editor of The Northern Miner Magazine, has emerged as a prize winner in the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy’s annual awards competi…


Westminer takes another look at N.S. zinc mine

The mill at Gays River, N.S., could become a base metals mill again. Owner Westminer Canada, which currently treats 100 tons of gold ore per day (from the Forest Hill mine) in the Gays River facility,…


Nickel market maintaining its momentum

While no one can guess how long the bull market for nickel will last, it seems a safe bet the price of the base metal will hold up a while longer. More than a few analysts see demand for the metal, wh…


Gamsan completes drilling on Brabant Lake property

Edmonton-based Gamsan Resources (ASE) has completed a first phase winter drill program on its polymetallic property near Brabant Lake in northern Saskatchewan. The company conducted more than 12,000 f…


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