Juniors test Mexican target
Partners Sand River Resources (SRL-V) and Spokane Resources (SKN-V) have begun an initial 1,500-metre program of diamond drilling on their Minerales project in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.Three new…
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Partners test Cerro Cobre target
Partners Corriente Resources (CTG-T) and London-based Rio Tinto,/C> (RTP-N) have begun a program of reverse-circulation drilling on a portion of the Taca-Taca project in Argentina’s Salta province.The…
Copper Ridge options ground to Kinross
Junior Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) has optioned back to Kinross Gold (K-T) a portion of its Ogopogo property in east-central Alaska.Ogopogo is one of five exploration-stage properties that Geral…
PEOPLE — MIT Ventures
A.B. MacDonald appointed director.
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Vengold explores in Walker Lane Trend
Vancouver-based Vengold (VEN-T) is exploring for the yellow metal on its newly acquired Pamlico property, southeast of Hawthorne in Nevada’s Walker Lane region.To date, the company has completed mappi…
NEVADA & THE WESTERN STATES — Kinross and Mirandor strike gold at Railroad
A discovery hole and the exploration potential of the Railroad gold property in Nevada have heartened partners Kinross Gold (K-T) and Mirandor Exploration (MIQ-M).A technical report by Kinross, which …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — Russian palladium supplies up
Supplies of palladium from Russia rose by 1.15 million oz. to a record 8.4 million oz. in 1998. Meanwhile, exports of palladium from that same country rose by 1 million oz. to reach 5.8 million oz. –…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Saskatchewan gives prospectors short shrift
Perhaps my exploration experiences in Saskatchewan over the past four years may serve as a warning to other well-intentioned prospectors.In 1996, my company, Copperquest, optioned a property in northe…
MINING MARKET & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS –Winspear hits high note as Major General slumps
During the report period ended June 1, the Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index was off 4.93 points to close at 452.71. The mining index slipped 1.88 points to finish at 311.64, while the combined…
Munk wins lifetime achievement award
Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk praised the generosity of Canadian mining companies as he accepted a lifetime achievement award in mining finance for his “vision and risk-taking” and his role in makin…
DIAMOND PAGE — Jericho aims to join ranks of producers
The development of diamond mines in Canada’s North continues apace, with Tahera (TAH-T) proposing to build an operation in the new territory of Nunavut.Canada’s first diamond operation, the US$700-mil…
Pangea hits high grade
Infill drilling by Pangea Goldfields (PGD-T) has encountered more high-grade gold mineralization at the Tulawaka property in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria Goldfields district.Tulawaka is a joint venture ow…