Archon puts freeze on N.W.T. drilling
Freezing conditions have forced Archon Minerals (ACS-V) to suspend a 4-hole drill program in the Northwest Territories.The program was designed to test four distinct geophysical targets. The first tar…
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LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (October 28, 1996)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Oct.14/96 (change from previous week in brackets):Copper159,350(-32,200)Tin10,015(+25)Lead116,550(+450)Zinc547,100(-2,525)A…
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA — Lundin takes helm of Canmex Minerals
A substantial drill program is under way at the Boleo concessions of Canmex Minerals (CMX-V) in Baja California Sur, Mexico.The junior company holds 385 sq. km of land in the region, adjacent to a cop…
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA — Independence Res. explores in Panama
A drill program is being planned by Independence Resources (IDN-V) for its Chami prospect in Panama.The Vancouver-based junior discovered a strongly fractured porphyry intrusive on the margin of its c…
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA — NEWS ROUNDUP — Hecla firms up Pinos project
A 20-to-25-hole drill program is being carried out this fall by Hecla Mining (HL-N) at the Pinos gold project in Zacatecas state, Mexico.The company can earn a 100% interest in the project by spending…
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA — Trio drills gold prospect in Costa Rica
Trio Gold (TGK-A) has finished the first round of drilling at the Pigenkid gold property in Costa Rica.Comprising 9 sq. km, the concession lies in the Aquacate mining district, 45 km west of San Jose,…
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA — Link Mineral seeks Honduran silver, gold
Mississauga-based Link Mineral Ventures (LMVL-C) reports that drilling is winding down on one of its Honduran properties and winding up on another.At the Pionero property in western Honduras, a 3,100-…
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA — Anooraq closes Mexican financing
Vancouver-based Anooraq Resources (ARQ-V), a junior company managed by the Robert Dickinson and Robert Hunter team, has closed a $3.4-million financing for a Mexican exploration program.The company wi…
EDITORIAL PAGE — A new dawn in Russia
In 1830, Russian intellectual Peter Chaadayev wrote a series of provocative essays which caught the attention of Nicholas Nadeshdin, publisher of the St.Petersburg journal Telescope. Nadeshdin had tim…
ODDS’N’SODS — Small pleasures of life in the bush
I was a prospector for more than 50 years, from 1934 to 1985, during which time I went through at least two dozen partners.My favorite, however, was Gustaf Pieter Hemming, with whom I staked more than…
PEOPLE — GULF INT’L (October 28, 1996)
Alexandra Shorre appointed director.
PEOPLE — INT’L NORTHAIR (October 28, 1996)
Frederic Hewett appointed president and chief executive officer; D.B. McLeod appointed president and chief executive officer; and Donald McLeod appointed chairman.