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Gold output, exploration spending up in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan has attracted US$1.7 million in foreign mineral exploration funds and is expected to produce 15 tonnes of gold in 1997.Much of the financing was provided by the joint-venture partners of st…




Pegasus shuts down Mt. Todd gold mine

Pegasus Gold (PGU-X) has responded to the depressed gold price by announcing its intention to close down the Mt. Todd gold mine in Australia’s Northern Territory.The company also took a nearly US$400-…



Panel approves Cigar Lake, Midwest

A federal-provincial panel has given its conditional approval to both the Cigar Lake and Midwest uranium projects in the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan.The Cigar Lake project is operated by …


ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Divine intervention

In 1989, I was working as an exploration geologist in Canada but accepted an offer from an Italian mining company to spend a year in Zambia reviewing gold exploration licences. I had never been to a d…



Marshall Minerals eyes Chinese lead-zinc mine

Junior Marshall Minerals (MMC-T) will earn a majority interest in the Qian Dong Shan lead-zinc mine in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi.The company has signed a letter-of-intent with Xian Corp….



Permit in hand for Soledad Mountain

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has decided in favor of allowing Golden Queen Mining (GQM-T) to begin construction of the Soledad Mountain mine, 130 km north of Los Angeles, Calif.Construction will…


Robust Falco weathers labor storm in Sudbury

Despite labor unrest at its Sudbury division, Falconbridge (FL-T) managed to post some hefty profits in the third quarter, while advancing several projects.The base metal titan earned $23.5 million (o…


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