Birim’s Dunkwa extended at depth
Drilling by Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-T) at the Dunkwa property in Ghana has extended the Mampon gold deposit at depth.Battle Mountain, the operator, is acquiring a 65% interest in the project from Bi…
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Taylor yields more gold for St Andrew
Results from infill and stepout drilling at the Taylor gold property in the Matheson area of northeastern Ontario continue to impress St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T).Nineteen holes were recently drilled …
Buchans River options ground from Noranda
St. John’s, Nfld.-based Buchans River (BUY-A) has agreed to option the Little Sandy base metal properties in the central region of its home province.The vendor, Noranda Mining & Exploration, a subsidi…
SouthernEra tallies resource
Toronto-based SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has attached a resource figure to the partly owned Camafuca diamond pipe in Angola’s Lunda Norte province.Resources are pegged at 88 million cubic metres gr…
Tender postponed for Russian gold mine — Placer Dome, Barrick among companies expressing interest
The proposed tender for the Sukhoi Log gold deposit in northwestern Russia has been postponed until 1999 to allow foreign companies an opportunity to evaluate the project.The regional government of Ir…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Bishop criticism unfair
The attack on [Gold Mining Stock Report Editor] Bob Bishop published in your letters column (June 29-July 5/98), was grossly unfair and without basis.Of course, Bishop is an easy target since his reco…
METAL PRICES — Daily Metal Prices (July 27, 1998)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices in US$ per tonne)DateJuly 21July 20July 17July…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, July 15-21
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TSE raps knuckles of Cumberland, Comaplex
Regulatory concern has prompted Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) and Comaplex Minerals (CMF-T) to clarify information pertaining to an independent scoping study of the Meliadine West gold project, 20 km n…
Barrick plans new mines, cuts costs
While it won’t rival the giant Goldstrike operation in size, the Pierina gold mine in Peru is expected to incur production costs considerably lower than those reported for Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) corne…
EDITORIAL — Encouraging self-sufficiency — The Lands for Life balancing act
Governments often give with one hand, and take away with another. And that’s what worries some people living in northern Ontario as they wait for the province’s natural resources minister, John Snobol…
INSIDER TRADING — Dia Met and Fancamp directors sell shares
The Ontario Securities Commission Bulletin shows that the following trades occurred in May and June:* Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) — Norman Bengough, director or officer of an affiliate or subsidiary…