Toronto firm joins Chinese survey venture
Toronto-based Paterson, Grant & Watson will assist in the compilation of the first magnetic database in China.The venture, dubbed the China Aeromagnetic Mapping Project (CHAMP), will use high-resoluti…
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Adex makes gains at Mount Pleasant
The financing necessary to put New Brunswick’s Mount Pleasant polymetallic mine back into production may be forthcoming, Adex Mining (TSE) reports.Discussions include both equity and debt arrangements…
Canarc expands Polaris Taku
Results from last year’s drilling at the Polaris Taku gold property in northwestern British Columbia have boosted the geological resource 25% to an estimated 3.6 million tons grading 0.4 oz. gold per …
Minco gains stake in Chinese property
An agreement with Pacific Canada Resources (PCR), a private, arm’s-length company, gives Minco Mining & Metals (VSE) the right to acquire an interest in a portfolio of Chinese base and precious metal …
INSIDER TRADING — Cornucopia execs exercise options
Since December 1995, several senior officers of Cornucopia Resources (TSE) exercised options and acquired shares, which were later sold.According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, D…
Cominco makes grab for RFC
Cominco (TSE) is making a $31.3-million takeover bid for RFC Resource Finance (TSE), whose primary asset is the Pend Oreille zinc-lead property in northeastern Washington state.Cominco is offering $1….
B.C. mining industry gives Grit leader warm welcome
Members of the Mining Association of British Columbia gave the province’s Liberal leader, Gordon Campbell, a warm welcome at their 95th annual general meeting.In his keynote address to the group, Camp…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Tapping our capital markets
Countries the world over are interested in luring North American mining companies to explore and develop projects in their jurisdictions, and thereby revitalize their mining industries. Evidence of th…
Fischer-Watt moves after merger
Fischer-Watt Gold (USOTC) has located two new gold veins at its Limon operation in Colombia.Drifting along the Aurora vein, 6 km south of El Limon in the Oronorte district of north-central Colombia, h…
ODDS’N’SODS — In search of Mexican blondes
..LIn 1975, I was cruising around the Mexican state of Guerrero, looking at showings, and my travels took me through Chilpancingo.I decided to look up a 70-year-old mining engineer, Francisco by name,…
CIM sponsors hydrometallurgy conference
The second international Symposium on Iron Control in Hydrometallurgy, in combination with the 26th Annual Hydrometallurgical Meeting, will be held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa from Oct. 20 to 23.The…
Alaskan data being released
The state of Alaska has released new geophysical data on the Rampart and Hot Springs mining districts in the central part of the state.The information packet includes detailed aeromagnetic and resisti…