1993

Times are a-changing for everyone. What used to be considered the frontier lands of northern Canada have today been, if not tamed, then slightly subdued by civilization. Political events both at home …

Metallurgical testing is proceeding on a 1,200-lb. sample of material from the Chaucha deposit. Kookaburra Resources (VSE) can earn a 50% interest in the Ecuador project from AG Armeno Resources (VSE)…

Semi-monthly reports, as of Feb. 28, showed 54,644,263 shares of 620 issues compared with 50,894,685 shares of 621 issues on Feb. 15. Larger individual positions included: Aber 61,200, up 30,500; Adex…

Vancouver-based Treminco Resources (TSE) has acquired 28 square miles of claims within the Yellowknife greenstone belt in the Northwest Territories through staking, transference of mineral rights and …

Based on last year’s exploration results, Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) will drill five holes totalling between 1,640 and 2,460 ft. on the Kli Yul property, held 55% by Vital Pacific Resources (VSE) and 45% …

The Central American nation of Costa Rica is host to a growing number of exploration companies. The country’s placer gold deposits have been exploited from the earliest days of the Spanish colonial re…

Western markets continued to advance during the period ended March 9, with the Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index posting a 13.53-point gain to 827.15 and the composite index adding a more modest…

Proven and probable reserves at the end of 1992 stood at 19.5 million oz., down 600,000 oz. from the previous year-end, Newmont Gold (NYSE) reports. Reserves added in 1992 amounted to 2 million oz. Ho…

Ecuador’s copper deposits have attracted two Vancouver juniors, Kookaburra Resources (VSE) and AG Armeno Resources (VSE), which hope to establish a solvent extraction-electrowinning operation (SX-EW) …

A trio of top managers at Thunderwood Resources (TSE) recently took a large share position in the junior explorer. According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, Chairman James Gill bo…

The economy of the Dominican Republic improved markedly in 1991-92, reports the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Real gross domestic product grew by an estimated 6% in 1992 whereas inflation was est…

Wracked by civil unrest until three years ago, Nicaragua has embraced the mood of Latin America. The doors are open to foreign investment and privatization is in. The operating, 150-ton-per-day (tpd),…