No place like home for Eastmain Resources
The notion that the grass is always greener on the other side of the globe has found little favor with Eastmain Resources (ER-T), a Toronto-based company exploring for gold and base metal deposits in …
1998
First Dynasty finds investor
Twin Star Holdings, part of the Sterlite group, has agreed to make a major investment in First Dynasty Mines (FDM-T), subject to due diligence and necessary approvals.The Sterlite group produces and p…
EXPLORATION – Cancor focuses on Zone B at Gemini project — Surveys, drilling point to promising polymetallic values at project in northwestern Quebec
Montreal-based Cancor Mines (KCR-M) is gearing up for another round of diamond drilling at its Gemini polymetallic property north of La Sarre in northwestern Quebec.The 206-claim property is in Laberg…
DIAMOND PAGE — K-14 diamond grade falls short
Diamond grades from the long-awaited processing of the K-14 bulk sample have proved disappointing for Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T).A 479-tonne sample collected by reverse-circulation (RC) drilling …
Companies (November 30, 1998)
C SECTIONAltius MineralsAnglo AmericanArca ExplorationsArgentina GoldAurizon MinesAvalon VenturesBarrick GoldBattle Mountain CanadaBattle Mountain GoldBillitonBoreal ExplorationBuchans Rive…
EXPLORATION – Trio Gold picks up Ghanaian gold property
Trio Gold (TGK-A) has acquired a half-interest in the Riyadh gold concession in Ghana, which it hopes to expand by means of drilling.The remaining half of the 98-sq. km property, situated 75 km southw…
EXPLORATION – Tasmania attracts diamond explorer
Australian-based Ashton Mining will explore for diamonds on a 1-million-acre land package in Tasmania under an agreement with Pacific-Nevada Mining, a wholly owned subsidiary of Euro-Nevada Mining (EN…
Careers (November 30, 1998)
Wabush Mines has an immediate opening at the site of its open pit and ore dressing complex in Wabush, Labrador, for an:Electrical SupervisorAmong other responsibilities, you will coordinate the activi…
EXPLORATION – Leeward ponders merger proposals
Management of Leeward Capital (LWC-A) is engaged in discussions for a possible merger with a company for the purpose of financing ongoing work at the Pistol Lake gold project in the Bathurst Inlet reg…
EXPLORATION – Sulliden drills Las Hualquillas
Sulliden Exploration (SUE-M) has completed two diamond drill holes in the El Huabo and Cementerio sectors of its Las Huaquillas property in the Cajamarca department of northern Peru.In the El Huabo se…
EXPLORATION – Gold discovery reported at Pine East property
A gold discovery at the Pine East property has prompted partners Shane Resources (SEI-V) and Claude Resources (CRJ-T) to change the terms of their current agreement.The discovery was made on Shane’s p…
Index (November 30, 1998)
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