The Awak Mas gold project in Indonesia is now wholly owned by Australian-based Lone Star Exploration (LSE-V).Previously, the junior held a 45% stake in the property. It will purchase the remainder fro…
Drilling at the former-producing Jersey lead-zinc mine, near Salmo, B.C., has identified an enriched lead-zinc dolomite horizon.Sultan Minerals (SUL-V) tested the lower Jersey horizon with four holes …
In keeping with its plan to become one of the world’s largest copper producers, Rio Algom (ROM-T) is proceeding with a second phase of expansion program at its Cerro Colorado mine in northern Chile.An…
Spokane-based Minera Andes (MAI-A) has added six gold-copper prospects to its portfolio of properties in northwestern Argentina.For three of the prospects a letter of intent has been signed with a pri…
Quebec-based Sirios Resources (SOI-M) has acquired a property near a recent massive sulphide discovery in Clairy Twp., Que.The 9-sq.-km property is 7 km northwest, and along strike, of Soquem’s recent…
The government of Zaire has ratified Consolidated Eurocan Ventures’ (KEU-T) acquisition of a 55% interest in the giant Tenke and Fungurume copper-cobalt concessions.The joint-venture agreement with st…
Diamond drilling at the Kremnica project in Slovakia has extended the Sturec gold deposit, held by Argosy Mining (AGO-V).Results from a 29-hole, 3,634-metre program are far beyond the junior’s expecta…
Junior Black Swan Gold Mines (BSW-T) is intensifying efforts to outline the Cata Preta gold prospect in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state.The deposit has now been drill-tested along a strike length of more …
Drilling by Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) at its Agua Rica property has confirmed previous results indicating significant copper and molybdenum mineralization.The porphyry copper-moly-gold-silve…
Toronto-based Kinross Gold (K-T) has started its $1-million drill program at the Vogel property of Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T), just east of Timmins, Ont.And buying into the program is Thunderwood Resou…
During a summer reconnaissance geology project in northern Manitoba, my assistant and I were dropped off for a 2-week stint at a commercial fishing camp on a large lake.The fishery there appeared to b…
A mud slide has killed four people and left another 18 presumed dead at Botswana Diamondfields’ (BWD-V) newly acquired Rovic diamond mine in South Africa’s Orange Free State.The mud slide struck on No…
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