NAME CHANGE (May 10, 1999)
Gala Resources (GAX-V) has changed its name to Hydromet Technologies (HTL-V) on a 1-new-for-4-old-share basis.
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BHP finds more pipes
Drilling on the Buffer zone claims in the Northwest Territories has uncovered two more kimberlite pipes, boosting to 28 the number found to date. Five targets have yet to be tested.The Buffer zone cla…
Ekati reaches production milestone
Production from the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories has surpassed 1 million carats.Also, in March, the mine produced 236,598 carats — not far off the monthly target of 250,000 carats….
Barrick sees ‘new era of growth,’ discovery adds lustre to Pascua
An intersection of 280 metres grading nearly 5 grams gold per tonne — starting at surface and not far from a major new mine — would send the shares of any junior company soaring through the roof, ev…
Careers (May 10, 1999)
JS REDPATH CORPORATIONA full-service mine contracting company operation from Phoenix, Arizona, is currently seeking personnel to staff a major underground contract mine development opportunity in West…
Kennecott tests Vega kimberlite discovery
Kennecott Canada Exploration has completed two holes on the new Vega kimberlite discovery at the Ice claims in the Northwest Territories.The vertically drilled discovery hole intersected a 44.8-metre-…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Many mineros poor but happy
The following is the third in a series of articles in which the author, an exploration geologist based in Delta, B.C., recounts his experiences working in the jungles of Venezuela in the late 1980s an…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Labour needs a new agenda — Us and them
Canadians and Americans are different in one major way, a visiting foreign businessman once observed. South of the 49th Parallel, the American Dream — the notion that Joe Average can become Top Dog t…
Gold group retains law firm
A New Hampshire group calling itself the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) has retained the Philadelphia law firm Berger & Montague to help it investigate allegations of manipulation in the gold…
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Battle Mountain drills to boost Phoenix
Houston, Tex.-based Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N) has launched a major drilling campaign at its namesake complex in northern Nevada in preparation for a draft environmental impact statement.The program…