Major Gen. explores in New Brunswick
Vancouver-based Major General Resources (MGJ-V) will begin exploring for base metals on the Stewart property in the Bathurst area of New Brunswick.The company can acquire the 355-acre property by issu…
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Golden Rule trenches gold prospect in western Ghana
Junior Golden Rule Resources (GNU-T) has received encouraging gold assays from parts of two trenches in the Agyakra area of the Stenpad property, in western Ghana.The 6,938-ha concession, situated in …
PEOPLE — ABITIBI MINING (November 04, 1996)
James Villegas appointed director.
Minerals sector to benefit from lab
At a new laboratory at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in Ottawa, experts will be able to date mineral samples in minutes instead of days.The first of its kind in North America, and only the fou…
COMMENTARY — Rally round the headframe
Dr. Michael Sopko is chairman and chief executive officer of Inco and chairman of the Mining Association of Canada. He has written this article at the request of Keep Mining in Canada, a grassroots ca…
Bre-X cements “strategic alliance”
As two Indonesian companies and their Australian backer dispute the title to its Busang gold deposit, Bre-X Minerals (BXM-T) has moved to cement a relationship with a powerful friend.Bre-X and spinoff…
Austria and Iran consume most gold in coins in 1995
The use of gold in coins increased to 3.3 million oz. last year, compared with 2.5 million oz. in 1994, representing a rise of 32%.A report entitled Modern Gold Coinage 1995, published by The Gold Ins…
Bema, Arizona Star drill Cerro Casale project
The latest deep drilling results from the Cerro Casale project at the Aldebaran property in northern Chile continue to confirm the grade and continuity of the main sulphide gold-copper porphyry body l…
PEOPLE — PENN-GOLD (November 04, 1996)
Don Alejandro Hales J., Robert Rosner and Ashif Jiwa appointed directors.
Gen. Minerals hits high grade
General Minerals (GNM-T) has encountered a previously unknown zone of high-grade massive sulphide mineralization while drifting at the Huang Shui Gou copper-gold project in China.The dipping structure…
PEOPLE — INTERTECH MIN.
Bill Dynes appointed director.
PEOPLE — INT’L STAR (November 04, 1996)
Joe Markevich appointed director.