Fatality reported at Copper Rand
A miner was killed and another injured in an underground explosion involving methane gas at the Copper Rand mine of copper-gold producer MSV Resources (ME) at Chibougamau, Que. Rene Gauthier, 46, died…
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Green light for tailings project
An arbitration tribunal has ruled in favor of Goldstake Explorations (TSE) regarding a joint-venture gold tailings project in South Dakota. The junior says project partner Homestake Mining (NYSE) has …
Eastfield exploring in Nevada
Preliminary exploration is under way on the Tonopah project of Eastfield Resources (VSE) in western Nevada. The optioned Hill-of-Gold deposit and 89 surrounding claims that constitute the project comp…
Mink lands exploration funds
A private placement will provide Mink Mineral Resources (VSE) with US$8.25 million to fund further work on projects in Mali, West Africa. The placement includes US$2 million through the sale of shares…
Sunshine hits high grade on new vein
Boise-based Sunshine Mining (NYSE) has hit a vein of high-grade mineralization in the first hole of a program at its namesake mine in northern Idaho. The galena and tetrahedrite values were intersecte…
Symposium set for Sudbury, Ont.
The 15th annual Northeast Mines and Minerals Geoscience Symposium will be held in Sudbury, Ont., on April 19 and 20. About 300 delegates are expected to attend the event, the theme of which will be “T…
Crown appealing Warren conviction
The Crown says it will appeal the murder conviction of Roger Warren in the 1992 explosion at the Giant gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T., that left nine miners dead. Warren was convicted in January on …
BOOK IN REVIEW — Opportunities in China
China: Emerging Minerals Opportunities, by Metals Economic Group, Box 2206, Halifax, N.S. B3J 3C4. $7,500 (plus GST for Canadian-based companies). The study builds on Metals Economics Group’s 1994 edi…
La Rock drilling Brandywine
A 4,000-ft. diamond drill program on the Brandywine property, 25 miles north of Squamish, B.C., has encountered gold mineralization. La Rock Mining (VSE) is testing the extension of the Dave’s Pond zo…
Oliver drilling at Fairview
Diamond drilling has outlined a high-grade gold resource at the Fairview property in the southern Okanangan Valley of British Columbia. The 28-hole program, which totalled 12,707 ft., was carried out …
Carson Gold acquires Yunnan Mining
Vancouver-based Carson Gold (VSE) is making its presence known in southern China. The junior acquired 2 million shares of Yunnan Mining, a private company which holds interests in, and exploration and…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Golden Star drops Esperance
The French subsidiary of Golden Star Resources (TSE) has decided not to buy the Esperance gold property in the northwestern part of French Guiana. Guyanor Ressources had an option agreement with curre…