North explores in Mexico
Australian-based North will carry out underground mapping, sampling and surface work at the Sierra Mojada oxide zinc property in northern Mexico.The company can earn a 60% interest in the 17,450-acre …
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EXPLORATION ’99 – Rio Tinto backs junior’s search for gold
A newly consummated “strategic alliance” with a unit of Rio Tinto Mining (RTP-N) will allow Uruguay Goldfields (UGIL-C) to continue exploring gold and base metal targets on its 100,000 ha of concessio…
DIAMOND PAGE — Twin Gold starts winter work
Toronto-based Twin Gold (TWG-T) has retained a geophysical firm to fly a high-resolution, magnetic, gradiometric and very-low frequency survey on its 444-sq.-km diamond property in northern Quebec.The…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Copper Ridge hits gold-bearing structure
Junior Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) has discovered a new mineralized structure in the course of its 13-hole drill program at the Scheelite Dome gold property in the Yukon.Highlights are as follow…
Hudbay options VMS find
Anglo American (AAUK-Q) affiliate Hudson Bay Exploration & Development has optioned a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) discovery made by Eureka Resources (EUK-V) in central British Columbia.HudBay …
DIAMOND PAGE — Partners change course on Baffin Island
A kimberlite cluster found on the northern end of Baffin Island, Nunavut, is likely a dud.Partners Mountain Province Mining (MPV-T) and Opus Minerals (OPUS-C), which announced the discovery earlier th…
Pacific Rim targets Luicho potential — Road construction, RC drilling planned for 2000
Ongoing surface rock sampling is enabling Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-T) to define a promising bulk-tonnage find at the Luicho gold project in southern Peru.The company has so far collected 1,600 chip cha…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Glamis Gold advances Guatemalan gold deposit
A 35-hole drill program by Glamis Gold (GLG-N) at the Cerro Blanco project in Guatemala is attempting to prove up a resource of more than 1 million oz. by year-end.Drilling by previous owner Mar-West …
EXPLORATION ’99 – RARE METAL EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — OGS confirms Pakeagama potential
Summer field work by the Ontario Geological Survey has confirmed the exploration potential of the Pakeagama Lake rare-metal pegmatite, north of Red Lake, Ont.The pegmatite system and the adjoining are…
Hebron to drill Torrecillas
Underground work by Hebron Fjord (HEF-M) has enlarged a gold-bearing breccia at its Torrecillas mine property in Peru.Channel sampling along a 24-metre drift at the end of a newly excavated ramp retur…
Corner Bay tables estimate for Alamo Dorado
Consultants for Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T) have calculated reserve figures and a pit design for the Alamo Dorado silver-gold deposit in Sonora state, Mexico, showing a minable reserve of 49.7 million…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Etruscan Resources enters final stretch at Samira Hill
The government of Niger has granted Etruscan Resources (EET-T) a mining permit for the Samira Hill project, paving the way for its emergence as the country’s first gold miner.Granting of the permit wa…