PEOPLE — GULF INT’L (December 01, 1997)
John Morgan elected director.
News
Golden Star drills for gold in Guyana
Preliminary drilling at the Eagle Mountain project in central Guyana, 80 km west of the Omai gold mine, is returning significant gold grades for Golden Star Resources (GSR-X).Drilling at the Kilroy zo…
PEOPLE – GRANBY
James Lee Marcuerquiaga elected director.
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Ashton expands exploration in Alberta — Loon Lake, Birch Mountain among joint-venture plays
The discovery of diamond-bearing kimberlites in north-central Alberta by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has spawned a province-wide area play.Since it began drilling geophysical targets in January on…
PEOPLE – ASARCO
Manuel Pacheco elected director.
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Platexco explores for platinum in South Africa –Drills target Merensky, UG-2 reefs at Winnaarshoek property
Steelpoort, South Africa — Emerging with a victory after years of legal wrangling with South African giant Anglo American, junior Platexco (PGMI-C) has begun an exploration campaign on the Winnaarsho…
PEOPLE — AGX
David Meer elected director.
Six trailblazers inducted into Mining Hall of Fame
Six mining pioneers will be inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame at its annual dinner, to be held Jan. 21, 1998 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.Founded in 1987, the Canadian Mining Hall o…
Dynacor drills Siscoe property
Assays are awaited from the first stage of a drilling program completed by Dynacor Mines (DYN-M) at the Siscoe property, a former gold producer in the Val d’Or mining camp of northwestern Quebec.The $…
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Western markets off slightly; VSE mining index also down — Goldtex, Canadian Mountain up on report of good surface samples in Yemen
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index closed down 37.01 points, or 5.3%, to 657.21 over the report period ended Nov. 25, while the mining index was off 36.42 points, or 6.3%, at 540.31. The com…