Wayside boosts stake in Cariboo
A purchase agreement will give International Wayside Gold Mines (VSE) a 100% interest in the Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine property near Wells, B.C.The company already owns half of the property and will bu…
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Mispec starts exploration at Java gold property
The Jampang gold project in Java, Indonesia, is being explored by Mispec Resources (ME).The property comprises 7,700 hectares, within which substantial surface exploration has been carried out. Initia…
Golden Quail firms up its gold project in San Bernardino Cty.
Junior Golden Quail Resources (VSE) has completed infill drilling on its 50%-owned gold property in San Bernardino Cty., Calif., and more drilling is planned.The recent program consisted of 11 reverse…
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…
EDITORIAL — Our mining heritage: an industry in itself
Some of the most popular tourist destinations in rural Canada are former mine sites. Barkerville, a small British Columbia town which keeps alive the spirit and color of the historic Cariboo gold rush…
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 …