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Pangea picks up Malian licence area

Having optioned its Tanzanian projects to several major mining houses, Pangea Goldfields (TSE) is acquiring interests elsewhere in Africa.The company has acquired 20 prospecting licences in Uganda. Th…


Placer Dome options Sterling

The U.S. subsidiary of Placer Dome (TSE) has signed a property agreement with Cathedral Gold (TSE) and Imperial Metals (TSE), owners of 90% and 10%, respectively, of the Sterling mine in Nevada.The ag…


H-L Corp. gains stake in claims near Voisey’s Bay

CDN-listed H-L Corp. has acquired a 20% interest in a group of claim blocks near Voisey’s Bay, Nfld.The claim blocks, which are 95 km northeast of the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt discovery, comb…


Northfield pulls copper-gold in Ecuador

Testing the strike extension of the orebody at the Mercedes mine in Ecuador, Northfield Minerals (TSE) has intersected 37 metres of copper-gold mineralization.Northfield and its Ecuadorean joint-ventu…



Solitario exploration turns up mixed results

Exploration work has enabled Solitario Resources (TSE) to increase the size of its Bongara zinc deposit in northern Peru.The open-pit prospect is estimated to contain 1.9 million tonnes of oxide mater…


Ghana to host mining exhibition

Mining equipment companies from various countries are preparing to head to Ghana to explore opportunities being presented by that country’s resurgent mining industry.The focus of their attention is th…


More work planned for Ileninga Lake

With positive 1995 results in hand, Inco (TSE) is pressing on with exploration of the Ileninga Lake massive sulphide property in the Northwest Territories.Last year, the nickel giant acquired an optio…


Drills turn at Indo-Pacific’s Kavola

Drills are testing epithermal gold mineralization at the Kavola property of Indo-Pacific Resources (ASE) on the island of New Britain, part of Papua New Guinea.Five mineralizaed zones are known to exi…


Sirios hits zinc, gold in Quebec

Drilling on its Escale property in north-central Quebec, Sirios Resources (ME) has discovered both gold and zinc mineralization.Mineralized iron formations with pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite and pyrite wer…


Corriente options Brazilian ground

A joint-venture agreement with Mountain Lake Resources (VSE) gives Corriente Resources (VSE) the right to earn a 51% interest in the 800-hectare Tesoureiro project in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state.The p…


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