Brush Creek options massive sulphide deposit
Brush Creek Mining and Development (BCMD-Q) has signed an exclusive option for the Iron Mountain massive sulphide project in California’s Shasta Cty.The company can earn a 50% interest in the past-pro…
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MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — Winspear continues to attract investors’ attention
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index shed 4.21 points, or 0.8% of its value, during the July 2-7 report period, closing at 527.99. The mining index finished at 384.87, down 4.89 points, or 1.3…
ASIA — Dunlap drills Wae Dara
A drill program by International Dunlap Minerals (IDZ-V) is testing volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) prospects identified during the junior company’s 1997 exploration program on Indonesia’s Flores …
Rex Diamond closes financing to repay US$3-million loan
Rex Diamond Mining (RXD-T) has raised US$3 million in a debt financing with a group of European investors.The deal consists of a US$2-million interest-free note that can be converted into 2 million Re…
Ditem seeks financing
Ditem Explorations (DIT-M) has made a private offering consisting of 500 units priced at $1,000 apiece. Each unit consists of 333 flow-through shares priced at $2.40 each; 84 common shares at $2.40 ea…
CORRECTION (July 13, 1998)
A June 29 article concerning the feasibility study completed at Niocan’s (NIO-M) niobium project near Montreal incorrectly stated that SNC-Lavalin owns the Met-Chem Pellemon Consortium. SNC-Lavalin ha…
Alberta Star arranges flow-through financing
Alberta Star Mining (ASC-A) has proposed a private placement of up to 1 million flow-through shares at 20 cents each.Proceeds will be used to cover exploration expenditures incurred on the Mazenod Lak…
Lytton-New Indigo merger plan grinds to halt
The proposed merger of Lytton Minerals (LTL-T) and sister company New Indigo Resources (BDR-A) has been derailed following recent disclosures of the ownership of voting shares.The merger was to have b…
Cyprus sells coal assets (July 13, 1998)
The coal division of Cyprus Amax Minerals (CYM-N) has sold 11 of its Midwestern, and Appalachian coal mines in a transaction aimed at relieving long-term liabilities.Cyprus sold the operations to Kent…
Millstream buys Tamarack
Junior Millstream Mines (MLSM-C) has picked up a 50.5% interest in the past-producing Tamarack gold property in southwestern Montana.To earn its interest, the company must fund undisclosed exploration…
Asia Pacific advances Thailand potash project
Asia Pacific Resources (APQ-T), which is in the midst of reviewing a bankable feasibility study of the Udon Thani potash project in Thailand, has made several recent developments at the project.The Va…
Noranda fights back against misinformation
Noranda (NOR-T) subsidiary Magnola Metallurgy is responding to recent negative media reports over its $700-million magnesium processing facility, now under construction in Asbestos, Que.Scheduled to b…