1997

Radar imaging is a powerful tool for mineral exploration, though, like any tool, it has its limitations.The Landsat MSS satellite, for example, was originally promoted as a panacea for exploration com…

James Geyer appointed senior vice-president; Richard Kehmeier appointed vice-president of exploration; and Mary Smith appointed vice-president of administration.

Capitalism has been good for George Soros, so it is not surprising that the wealthy American businessman raised eyebrows when he argued, in a recent essay in The Atlantic Monthly, that the main enemy …

Michael Dearden appointed director and president.

Noel Devine appointed senior vice-president of operations.

Gold giant Placer Dome (PDG-T) has flatly rejected Crystallex International’s (KRY-T) recent claim that it has rights to La Cristinas, a proposed open-pit gold mine in the Kilometre 88 region of Venez…

George Plewes appointed chairman.

As soon as spring weather allows, Softrock Petroleums (STZ-A) will resume its exploration of diamond and nickel-copper-cobalt targets in West Greenland.Early this year, the Calgary-based junior releas…

Jeffery Shaul appointed director.

An exploration program is under way at the King Bay gold property on Sturgeon Lake in northwestern Ontario, reports Redbird Gold (RDB-A).The King Bay property was previously explored by a number of co…

Peter Crossgrove appointed director.

In the 1980s, the British Columbia government put an end to a junior company’s exploration effort near the H-W polymetallic mine on Vancouver Island by expropriating the property and turning it into a…