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Gold zones confirmed at Moss Lake property

Results from the first 11 holes of winter drilling are confirming the presence of gold zones at Moss Lake Gold Mines’ (TSE) project near Shebandowan, Ont., The property was previously explored by the …


Canyon picks up Ethiopian licence

Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) has acquired another exploration licence in the Adola gold belt, this one north of the Lega Dembi gold mine in southern Ethiopia.The Meleka Abeba licence was issued to the co…


Tan Range drills the Itetemia project

Reverse-circulation drilling on the Itetemia project in Tanzania is returning anomalous gold and silver values for Tan Range Exploration (ASE).The company can earn a 90% interest in the property; JCI …


Ramrod drill-tests Sullivan-like target in B.C.

At the Vine property in southeastern British Columbia, Consolidated Ramrod Gold (TSE) is drill-testing a massive sulphide target believed to be similar to Cominco’s nearby Sullivan orebody.Several hol…


Misty extends work at Harmony

Drilling on the Harmony project on British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands continues to return gold values for Misty Mountain Gold (TSE), and more work is planned.The junior is drilling off the Spe…



Ashanti to increase African property portfolio

In an effort to increase its gold production in Africa, Ashanti Goldfields has announced plans to acquire Toronto-listed International Gold Resources (IGR).IGR’s principal asset is the right to acquir…


ODDS’N’SODS — High water and base language

I was employed at New Ontario Machine Works for many years, and it was 1936 when the shop received an urgent telephone call from the Desantis gold mine’s master mechanic, who was sending us the projec…


COMMENTARY — Community relations in P.N.G.

Placer Dome’s Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (P.N.G.) is one of the more socially, politically and technically complex mining operations in the world. Besides the task of winning more than 400 …


Baylis to speak at CIM meeting

The president of Crown Butte Resources will speak at the April 18 luncheon of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum, to be held at the Ontario Club in Toronto.John Baylis, who is al…


Miners and natives meet at forum

Improved relationships among First Nations peoples, resource companies and government were the focus of the recent Mining and Energy Forum, held in Lower Post, B.C.Hosted by the Yukon’s Kaska Dena nat…


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