For Swedish mining and exploration, 1997 will be remembered as a boom year.Preliminary figures from the Swedish Geological Survey show that exploration in the Scandinavian country reached record heigh…
Mar-West Resources (MSR-V) is drawing favorable comparisons between two of its Latin American gold properties: the San Martin deposit in central Honduras and the Cerro Blanco prospect in southeastern …
A drill program by Prospectors Alliance (PALL-C) is testing several deep geophysical targets at the Timmins West gold property in northeastern Ontario.Most of these targets lie within a regional break…
A 4,000-metre drill program by Barrick Gold (ABX-T) will further test the Lac Elmer gold project in Quebec’s Eastmain River greenstone belt.The major can earn a 50% interest in the project from Eastma…
Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) has added to its extensive mineral holdings in the Yukon Territory by negotiating an agreement to acquire a 60% interest in seven groups of mineral claims in either the Wa…
With massive-sulphide intervals as thick as 263 metres, the San Nicolas polymetallic massive sulphide discovery in Mexico’s Zacatecas state is significant in its own right, but it is the likelihood of…
Junior companies are continuing to explore projects in the Solomon Islands, an archipelago in the South Pacific in which gold and copper-gold porphyry systems appear to be the main exploration targets…
With results in hand from the first 20 holes of an 80-hole drill program, Rift Resources (RIF-V) is reporting the discovery of widespread gold mineralization at the Silobela project in Zimbabwe.The To…
Montreal-based Murgor Resources (MUG-M) has intersected significant gold mineralization in the first phase of drilling at its Mishibishu property, situated about 50 km northwest of Wawa, Ont.The 1,500…
Jwaneng, Botswana — Pula, the Setswana word for rain, carries a heavy load of connotations in this arid country. It means prosperity, good fortune, and even prudence.Pula has a record of coming down …
Falconbridge (FL-T) has teamed up with Spectrum Resources (SPC-V) on the latter firm’s Ban Phuc nickel-copper concession in Vietnam.Spectrum holds a 70% interest in Ban Phuc Nickel Mines, the owner of…
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, a subsidiary of Minorco (MNRCY-Q), intends to close down its polymetallic opeations in Flin Flon, Man., by 2004.Suspension of the copper-zinc-silver-gold complex will res…
By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information
Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more.