Atlas poised to restart Nevada’s Gold Bar mine
Using its equity interest in Granges (TSE), New York-listed Atlas is securing financing to resume mining at its Gold Bar mine in central Nevada.Atlas will receive US$11 million from two Canadian secur…
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COMMENTARY — Rhetoric over reason
Recent criticism of the mining industry expressed by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt shows that “he continues to rely on rhetoric over reason, and places politics over policy in his quest to drive th…
LABRADOR NEWS ROUNDUP — Drilling continues at Boundary Block
Preliminary drilling on the Boundary Block of claims 75 km northwest of the Voisey Bay discovery in Labrador has returned only anomalous copper, nickel and cobalt values.Dragoon Resources (VSE) and Co…
Loki finances heap leaching in Yukon
A private placement of 11.2 million special warrants has netted more than $20 million for Loki Gold (TSE), clearing the way for heap-leach production at the Brewery Creek gold project in the Yukon.Eac…
Queenstake drops Kazak copper project
Following a due diligence review, Queenstake Resources (TSE) has opted to drop its option to acquire an interest in the Kenjetal copper project in Kazakhstan.The company determined that although the s…
Meetings (October 23, 1995)
MEETINGSOct. 30, Blue Ribbon Oct. 30, Ican Oct. 30, KayorumOct. 30, PrincessOct. 30, Seaway Base Metals Oct. 30, Sidon Int’lOct. 30, TemplarOct. 30, Vauquelin Oct. 31, AlpetroOct. 31, American Wollast…
Altai claims copper-gold find
The Peruvian operating unit of Altai Resources (TSE) has acquired a copper-gold porphyry deposit in the southwestern department of Arequipa.The title to three of the five claims has, however, been cla…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (October 23, 1995)
— 1995 — Oct 17Oct 16Oct 13Oct 12Oct 11HighLowComposite”300″4515.604503.354507.784476.714474.594718.273983.34Metals&Minerals4683.204668.144683.994624.704590.765276.123273.56Integ…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Hello, I must be going
The crop of 1994 annual meetings is now essentially behind us.The annual meeting is one of the few opportunities for the minority shareholder to obtain first-hand information about a company’s activit…
Ecuadorian boosts resource at Gaby deposit
In southern Ecuador, the gold resource for the Gaby gold deposit has doubled following a geologic evaluation of drill results.Some 72,160 ft. of reverse-circulation and core drilling were used to expa…
KWG picks up Cuban properties
Two Cuban properties have changed hands in a deal signed between Republic Goldfields (VSE) and KWG Resources (TSE).Under the agreement, which still requires the approval of securities regulators, KWG …
CIM sheds light on mining automation
The Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum is hosting a talk on automation and its impact on the mining industry.Dr. Gregory Baiden, manager of mines research a…