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…
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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…
Greystar makes progress at Angostura
High in the majestic Andes of northern Colombia, Greystar Resources (GSL-T) is preparing to launch an independent prefeasibility study on an epithermal gold-silver deposit considered amenable to open-…
ASIA — Minco, Teck form JV for White Silver Mountain project
Teck (TEK-T) has agreed to option Minco Mining and Metals’ (MMM-V) 80%-owned polymetallic White Silver Mountain property in China’s Gansu province.In order to earn 70% of Minco’s interest, Teck is req…
Companies (July 13, 1998)
AGC Americas GoldAlberta Star MiningAllican ResourcesAmblin ResourcesAmerica Mineral FieldsAMT International MiningAntares Mining & ExplorationArcon International ResourcesAsia Pacific ResourcesAtna R…
Procoloro shifts gears, picks up new properties
Procoloro Resources (PCH-M) has decided to shift its focus from gold exploration to chromite and ferrochrome development.At the company’s recent annual meeting, shareholders gave the corporate transfo…
Prime committee retains advisor
The special committee of independent directors of Prime Resources Group (PUG-T), established to consider Homestake Mining’s (HM-N) bid for the 49.4% of Prime it doesn’t already own, has retained the s…
Extender told to foot VenCan’s legal bill
An Ontario court has ordered privately held Extender Minerals of Canada to cover $195,000 in legal costs incurred by VenCan Gold (VCG-M) following the dismissal of Extender’s allegation that VenCan wr…
Meetings (July 13, 1998)
July 13, Gold-OreJuly 13, Interstar .July 13, NTI ResourcesJuly 13, StarrexJuly 14, Bralorne-PioneerJuly 14, DonnerJuly 14, FleckJuly 14, ForanJuly 15, NorthwayJuly 15, TapangoJuly 16, AthloneJuly 16,…
BHP takes major writedowns
Australia’s Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N) has written down the value of a large number of its assets.For the 1998 fiscal year ended May 31, BHP took writedowns totalling US$1.74 billion on a number …
Zemex revises Inmet offer
Backed by an unnamed shareholder, Zemex (ZMX-N) has demanded a special meeting of shareholders to consider a revised bid for Inmet Mining (IMN-T).Zemex’s new proposal to Inmet’s shareholders includes …