Corriente hot on Mirador property
Recent drilling by Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) suggests that the Mirador project in Ecuador may represent a large copper-gold porphyry system with strong primary copper grades and a significant gold c…
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Anaconda awaits scoping study for Magistral project
Anaconda Peru has completed the final four holes of a 26-hole, 8,500-metre drill program at the Magistral copper-molybdenum porphyry/skarn deposit, held by Inca Pacific Resources (IP-V).With this year…
Glamis operates low-cost producer
Mining and processing are under way at Glamis Gold’s (GLG-T) San Martin heap-leach mine in southern Honduras.Situated 80 km north of Tegucigalpa, San Martin is the first mine to enter production under…
Partners expand Bongara
Denver — Drilling by the Australian company Pasminco has encountered significant mineralization in nine of 16 holes at the Bongara zinc project in northern Peru.Bongara is a joint venture between Pas…
Brett gains high-grade Bolivian project
Though still subject to a 3-month due diligence review, Vancouver-based Brett Resources (BRN-V) has secured the right to acquire up to a 95% interest in the Victoria gold project in northern Bolivia, …
Seahawk
The first drill hole by Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T) at the Mario property, in the Peruvian department of Junin, has returned massive sulphide mineralization.The drill hole, the first in a 7-hole camp…
Producer and Dealer Prices (October 23, 2000)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,730/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.50/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$15.95-17.75/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.883/lb.Indium: In…
Golden Temple bags Mexican discovery
Vancouver-based Golden Temple Mining (GTM-V) has acquired a Mexican property covering a new massive sulphide discovery in a region not previously explored for this deposit type.The 3,198-ha Dios Me Ay…
Opawica-Barrick deal revised
Once again, Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Opawica Explorations (OPW-T) have revised their agreement on the Valle del Cura and Santa Cruz properties in the Argentine Andes.The new deal sees Barrick take ove…
Radius, Barrick step up drilling at El Salitre
Partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Radius Explorations (RDU-V) have launched a 2,000-metre program of reverse-circulation drilling on the El Salitre property in Mexico’s Guanajuato state.Discovered by …
Breakwater remains profitable
Zinc miner Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) continues to post profits as it carries out an ambitious corporate growth plan.For the first nine months of 2000, Breakwater reported earnings of $15.9 million …
Minefinders ups Dolores resource (October 23, 2000)
A new resource estimate for the Dolores deposit in Mexico’s Chihuahua state shows that the Main zone hosts about 3.2 million oz. gold and 165 million oz. silver.Using results from 230 holes and a cuto…